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IORIS is currently fully funded and supported by CRIMARIO II for regional partners. This includes purchase of life-time license (EUR 20,000 per country) and provision of associated services.

Initial request for access to IORIS platform should be sent to CRIMARIO II’s Project Director.

The intention is to hand over IORIS from the EU / Expertise France to another legal entity (such as a newly established non-profit organisation) fully governed by the members of the IORIS Steering Committee. This hand-over is foreseen in 2024 and will not have financial implications for the IORIS users.

CRIMARIO II will continue to act as Secretariat for the IORIS Steering Committee until 2025.
Should the EU decide to extend CRIMARIO, the role of Secretariat can be continued.

There are three levels of membership, which very much depends on the commitment of the users to IORIS

Full Member

• Received Foundation and Advanced IORIS training
• Signed the IORIS Trial Agreement
• Have responded to 75% of Comms Checks over past weeks
• Sign the IORIS Partnership Agreement (IPA) at the Steering Committee meeting

Provisional Member

• Received Foundation and Advanced IORIS training
• Signed the IORIS Trial Agreement
• Not responded to 75% Comms Check in last 3 months
• Not ready to sign (IPA)

Associate Member

• Received Foundation and Advanced IORIS training
• Not signed IORIS Trial Agreement
• Not completed 75% Comms Check in last 3 months
• Not ready to sign (IPA)

Full Members will:

• Partake in decision-making concerning IORIS future
• Be eligible to receive cost-free Sat Data for limited periods.
• Be able to nominate representatives to Participation in the:
  • IORIS Board
  • Technical Working Groups
  • Operational Working Groups

CRIMARIO purchases IORIS life-time licenses for Indo-Pacific partner countries (EUR 20,000 per life-time license), as long as they commit to use IORIS daily. This could be coupled with the provision of Satellite-AIS for agencies.

Arrangements for non-beneficiary countries would need to be negotiated.

IORIS is a web-based platform and does not require any maintenance on the user-side.

Once a country has been provided with a life-time licence, there are no additional costs to users to access the web-based IORIS platform.

The EU will ensure for the long-term sustainability and viability of IORIS as long as partners are committed to using the system.

If the platform continues to increase in popularity and functionality, costs will increase proportionately to manage increased infrastructure and maintenance such as data storage and support costs. These costs are foreseen to be covered by the EU.

The primary Azure hosting site is located in South Africa. Backups/replications are managed by Microsoft and could be located in other secure Microsoft cloud hosting facilities.
All data including backups to/from server facilities and at rest are encrypted.

Multi factor authentication for all user logins.

When creating a user, the profile will default to SSO. In exception circumstances on request, they can be changed to multiple logons.

An option to encrypt files during uploading to IORIS is available. Encryption is a multi-step process, files are transferred using HTTPS into the IORIS server-side application, where the additional encryption option is requested, the file will be encrypted using a built in .Net in System.Security.Cryptography service using Rfc2898DeriveBytes encryption.
The file is then stored on the Azure storage platform where every file is encrypted using a 256 AES Encryption algorithm.
By default, every file is encrypted using 256 AES encryption the additional option adds an additional encryption layer where the user controls the password.

Only users invited by a duly appointed national Area Administrator can join an IORIS Community Area (virtual group).

When a user is added to a Community Area, a permanent notification will appear in ‘Messages’ which alerts all users to this access.

In the unlikely event that an unauthorised user accesses a Community Area, a permanent notification will also appear in ‘Messages’ which alerts all users to this access. The Area Administrator can then remove the user and report unauthorised intruder to the IORIS System Administrator (currently CRIMARIO).

In addition, the Global Administrator has access to system security/audit logs and can review user activity, if required.

No, unless specifically invited to a Community Area by an Area Administrator.

The originator of the information is the owner of the data.

Any data uploaded to IORIS will remain in the system unless deleted by the Area Administrator or the originator. If an Area has been dormant for over a year, this will be deleted including the information there-in.

In the unlikely event that IORIS platform is discontinued, all data will remain in an encrypted environment and managed in accordance with the policy agreed among IORIS stakeholders as part of the governance process, which has yet to be defined. This could include, for example, deletion of the data in accordance with relevant certified processes agreed, or a copy of data from national areas provided to those countries if required.

A robust 24/7/365 support mechanism is currently in place managed by CRIMARIO with IORIS developer, the latter being the UK company BCN Ltd.

CRIMARIO works closely with the IORIS developer to ensure for all maintenance and support of the platform.

IORIS Community Areas are managed by nationally appointed ‘Area Administrators’ (AA). Any initial issues should first be raised with them.
If the AA is unable to resolve, further support is available as follows.
Level 1 – Contact the designated CRIMARIO Country Representative
Level 2 – AA, Country Representative, or end user can raise technical support request directly with the IORIS Coordinator
Level 3 – IORIS Administrator to raise support ticket with IORIS Developer
(ioris.admin@crimario.eu)

Mobile units can access IORIS if they have a data connectivity, through a standard PC or Laptop.

For low data connections, the user can switch to a ‘Low Bandwidth’ option with turns off the AIS and Mapping area, leaving all remaining Messages/Private Chat/File sharing functions available.

There is currently no offline capability, however, this can be explored for future development if there is a requirement.

Users can also import .csv / .kml data from their local data sources into IORIS as required.

Enhanced data imports /feeds / interoperability functions are possible for coastal AIS/VMS and other data sources for future major IORIS developments planned in 2025.

CRIMARIO currently has a contract with SPIRE to provide satellite-AIS to selected agencies. The current refresh rate with AIS is about 15 minutes.

Other layers can be added.

The contract for the provision of satellite services is in the process with first services expected by end of 4th quarter of 2023.

Engagement with all major providers will be part of the process, but it is not possible to assess which companies(s) will provide what kind of data as a tender has yet to be launched.

CRIMARIO has partnered with Allanai to receive Skylight data, which offers analytics based on artificial intelligence.

The option to acquire satellite data from European satellites is currently being assessed, and if the case, current intentions are for this to be for specific scopes, not 24/7.

The intention is to integrate the process of accessing/requesting satellite data through IORIS, with the data being overlayed on the IORIS map.