The purpose of this page is to assist you in selecting a Sirtfi contact for your entity. Your federation operators may provide valuable recommendations – be sure to liaise with them for guidance.
Correspondence sent to the Sirtfi contact must not be publicly archived |
By liaising with your federation operators, you should be able to gauge which potential Sirtfi contact is best placed to be the initial point of contact during federated incident response. Consider the expertise, availability and mandate of candidates when making your decision. The table below provides some example choices of Sirtfi contact.
Model | Possible Choice |
Entity in federation with centralised incident response support | External security team – Federation |
Entity in e-infrastructure with centralised support | External security team – e-Infrastructure |
Entity within organisation with federation aware security team | Organisation’s security team |
Mature entity with security conscious entity support | Entity’s support team or individual |
Small scale entity | Individual with appropriate knowledge |
The Sirtfi contact will:
The following fields are mandatory for a Sirtfi contact:
Additional fields, such as telephone numbers or secondary email addresses, may be added if desired. Only fields from the OASIS Standard for contactType may be added.