Task Forces
TERENA Task Forces are made up of groups of experts who undertake joint work in their common areas of interest. Each task force has agreed terms of reference that are approved by either the TERENA Technical Committee or TERENA Executive Committee. In principle, participation in task forces is open to any individual who can offer appropriate expertise, manpower, equipment or services.
TF-CSIRT
Computer security incidents require fast and effective responses from the organisations concerned. Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs), either internal or outsourced, are service providers responsible for receiving, reviewing and responding to computer security incident reports and activity. TF-CSIRT is a task force that promotes collaboration between CSIRTs at the European level, and liaises with similar groups in other regions.
TF-EMC2
TF-EMC2, the TERENA Task Force on European Middleware Coordination and Collaboration, started its mandate in September 2004. The aim of the task force is to provide a forum to discuss middleware issues and foster collaboration in the middleware arena.
TF-MOBILITY
The TERENA task force on Mobility investigates the issues that arise when users move between different organisations (generally campuses and NRENs) and try to gain access to the Internet using their own mobile devices. In 2003 TF-Mobility started a test bed to demonstrate the feasibility of providing roaming network access across research and education networks in Europe; this test bed was eduroam.
TF-MSP Management of Service Portfolios
The purpose of the task force TF-MSP is to promote collaboration between research and education networking organisations in Europe in the area of management of service portfolios.
TF-PR
The public relations task force (TF-PR) promotes the quality and quantity of public relations and information dissemination about research and education networking in Europe, through collaboration between research and education networking organisations in at the level of PR Manager / Information Officer.
TF-Storage
The storage task force TF-Storage coordinates the development of open and inter-operable data storage and management infrastructures and services among national research and education networks and academic and research institutions.
TF-Storage continues the discussion on opportunities and areas for collaboration on data storage services which began with two meetings in 2007.