FCCN Contingency Plan
FCCN remains attentive to the evolution of the situation and regularly monitors the official guidelines of the competent entities: Directorate-General for Health, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the World Health Organization.
Following government decisions, considering the current situation and believing that we all have an important role to play in stopping the spread of this virus, it was decided to implement additional protection and contingency measures to ensure everyone's safety and the continuity of FCCN services, adjusting and ensuring critical activities in the current context.
Therefore, the following preventive measures were taken:
- All trips scheduled for the near future have been limited or canceled;
- It must continue to be given preference for videoconference meetings, and in-person meetings should be avoided. Meeting rooms may be used, ensuring the 4m distance rule.2/person, and with a one-day gap between meetings to clean the space.
- Visits to FCCN spaces are assessed on a case-by-case basis and, when approved, all protection, hygiene and distancing recommendations are followed;
- Access to FCCN Datacenters was limited to extremely urgent situations;
- Access to the FCCN Studio is open by appointment and with application of rules in the number of attendances and hygiene;
- Access to the Tejo Room is subject to scheduling – used for videoconferencing and telepresence, with rules regarding the number of attendees and sanitation;
- Services are provided with teams working on an alternating partial teleworking basis;
- All usual contact channels are available remotely and online;
- In-person events are limited or have been postponed. They will be held online or new dates will be announced as soon as possible.
- The capacity of the Colibri videoconferencing service was reinforced and the most useful FCCN services were announced to better respond to the entire higher education and research community in the practice of teleworking, providing classes and remote meetings.
- Colibri – Videoconferencing System
- Videocast – Live video streaming
- educast – Record, edit and publish educational videos
- NAU – Online courses for large audiences
- Filesender – secure sharing of large files
- The Science, Technology and Society Network connection to the GigaPIX traffic exchange point was upgraded, now offering a throughput of 100 Gbps;
- It was released the eduVPN service, aimed at the research and education community, in order to provide more secure access to public and private networks, and/or remote access to institutions' terminals.
During this challenging time, we wish health to the entire FCCN community and their families.