I527-290 ESRIF Final Report (WEB).indd - European Commission

6. Confidentiality
ESRIF members, rapporteurs, sherpas, or any kind of ESRIF contributors, called hereafter ESRIF contributors
should respect the following confidentiality rules:
ESRIF contributors agree not to disclose any information that is presented, discussed or made accessible during
their participation in ESRIF to any person or legal entity other than another ESRIF contributor.
ESRIF contributors also agree that any information of which they may become aware of, or obtain, as a result of
this access, will be considered as private and sensitive2 . Accordingly, ESRIF contributors undertake not to
appropriate any such information for their own use or to release or disclose it unless specifically authorised to do
so by the owners of such information.
This provision shall remain in force for two years either from cessation of ESRIF membership/ESRIF contribution
period or from the date upon which the ESRIF contributors shall last have access to such information. ESRIF
contributors shall have a continuing obligation after the ESRIF contribution period has terminated not to
disclose any sensitive or proprietary information3 to any unauthorised person or legal entity.
7. ESRIF Working Groups
Structure, number, duration and mandate of ESRIF working groups and their leaders and rapporteurs are
determined by ESRIF plenary as required. Contributors are nominated and invited by ESRIF members. The
working group leaders have to be ESRIF members Rapporteurs can be members or additional contributors.
The following structure was chosen for the working groups.
1. ‘Security of the Citizen’ primarily aims primarily to protect the citizen against terrorism and organised crime.
2. ‘Security of critical infrastructures’ aims to protect critical infrastructures and utilities.
3. ‘Border security’ addresses the control of air land and sea borders in the context of integrated border
management.
4. ‘Crisis management’ will look at the preparedness to react to catastrophic incidents.
5. ‘Foresight and scenarios‘ is relevant for and will give input to all the political mission areas. In addition, this
group will address also the need for research in support of foresight.
6. ‘CBRNE’ will address technologies and methods to detect chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear
substances and explosives.
Working groups 7, 8 and 9 will coordinate with other mission area groups, in particular groups 1,2,3 and 4
7. Group 7 will deal with ‘Situation awareness & the role of space’
8. Group 8 will look at ‘Identification (incl. tracking) of people and assets’.
9. ‘Innovation issues’ will address the Security Industrial and Technological Base, the European Security
Equipment Market and interoperability and regulatory measures.
10 ‘Governance and coordination’ will look at security policy making and implementation of security research
at EU and national levels.
11. ‘Socio-economic and ethical issues’ will address human and societal aspects of Security
2 Sensitive information - is information or knowledge that might result in loss of an advantage or level of security if revealed
(disclosed) to others who might have low or unknown trustability and/or indeterminable or hostile intentions.
3 Proprietary information - Material and information relating to or associated with a entity's products, business, or activities,
including but not limited to financial information; data or statements; trade secrets; product research and development; existing and
future product designs and performance specifications; marketing plans or techniques; schematics; client lists; computer programs;
processes; and know-how that have been clearly identified and properly marked by the company as "proprietary information," trade
secrets, or company confidential information.
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