CURRENT CSIRT STATUS:
1- NORMAL – NO ALERT

• CSIRT STATUS 1:  Normal – No Alert
  

• CSIRT STATUS 2:  Initial level of heightened alert
  

• CSIRT STATUS 3:  Full Alert
  

• CSIRT STATUS 4:  “Wartime” status; Internet Meltdown
  

CSIRT 1: Peacetime day-to-day status
Reasoning: No major exploits and attacks evident

CSIRT 2: Initial level of heightened alert
Reasoning: attack in progress (or believed to be imminent) that could lead to increase in latency and local connectivity outages.

CSIRT 3: Full heightened alert
Reasoning: attack in progress that causes an increase in latency, local connectivity outages or compromises.

CSIRT 4: “Wartime” status; Internet Meltdown
Reasoning: attack in progress that caused failure of major parts of the internet infrastructure (backbone)