What's New

• Closing the Digital Divide through the Development of e-Strategies, Ministry of Telecommunications and the Information Society/ITU/ASETA International Seminar (26-27 November 2009, Quito, Ecuador))
• 2009 ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Americas (23-25 November 2009 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)
• e-Health Pavilion at ITU TELECOM World 2009 (5-9 October 2009 in Geneva, Switzerland)
• 2009 ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Asia-Pacific (23-25 September 2009 in Hyderabad, India)
• Country Ownership Strategies: Leadership Forum on Health Information Systems (10-12 August 2009 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) (Forum announcement)

• ITU Cybercrime Legislation Resources: ITU Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation (Available for download now!)
• ITU Cybercrime Legislation Resources: ITU Publication on Understanding Cybercrime: A Guide for Developing Countries (Available for download now!)
• 2009 ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Africa and Arab States (4-5 June 2009 in Tunis, Tunisia)
• ITU Launches the 2009 ITU Cybersecurity and ICT Applications Essay Competition. Enter the competition online! (Deadline 14 June 2009)
• ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Europe and CIS (7-9 October 2008 in Sofia, Bulgaria)
• ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Eastern and Southern Africa (25-28 August 2008 in Lusaka, Zambia)
• ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Asia Pacific, including a Seminar on the Economics of Cybersecurity (15-18 July 2008 in Brisbane, Australia)
• Regional Workshop on Frameworks for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) and Cybersecurity Forensics Workshop (18-21 February 2008 in Doha, Qatar)
• ITU Global View Telecentres Portal

Reports and Toolkits

• Report: Implementing e-Health in Developing Countries Draft (September 2008)
• Report: ICTs for e-Environment - Guidelines for Developing Countries, With a Focus on Climate Change (August 2008)
• Report: Electronic Government for Developing Countries (August 2008)
• Report: ITU Study on the Financial Aspects of Network Security: Malware and Spam (July 2008)
• ITU Botnet Mitigation Toolkit (Rev. January 2008)
• ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Tool (Rev. September 2008)

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• ITU-IMPACT Collaboration
  The ITU and the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Threats (IMPACT) formally entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in which IMPACT’s new state-of-the-art global headquarters in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, will effectively become the physical home of the ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA). [See more information...]

  The ITU–IMPACT Collaboration seeks to build on synergies to provide a number of services and activities. These include:

  1) Real-time analysis, aggregation and dissemination of global cyber-threat information;

  2) Early warning system and emergency response to global cyber-threats; and

  3) Training and skills development on the technical, legal and policy aspects of cybersecurity

• ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Tool
  The ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Tool is a practical initiative by the ITU-D ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division to assist ITU Member States who wish to elaborate on their national approach for cybersecurity and critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP). The National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Tool is one of the complementary cybersecurity resources that ITU is currently developing as part of a comprehensive Cybersecurity Toolkit for Member States.  [See more information...]
• ITU Botnet Mitigation Toolkit
  ITU is  working with experts on developing a practical Botnet Mitigation Toolkit to assist developing countries in particular to deal with the growing problem of botnets. The Botnet Mitigation Toolkit is a multi-stakeholder, multi-pronged approach to track botnets and mitigate their impact, with a particular emphasis on the problems specific to emerging internet economies. [See more information...]
• ITU Cybercrime Legislation Resources: ITU Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation
  Deterring cybercrime is an integral component of a national cybersecurity/CIIP strategy. In particular, this includes the adoption of appropriate legislation against the misuse of ICTs for criminal or other purposes and activities intended to affect the integrity of national critical infrastructures. Representing one of the elements identified in the ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda as well as ITU-D Study Group Q22/1 approach to organizing national cybersecurity efforts, establishing the appropriate legal infrastructure is an integral component of a national cybersecurity strategy. In particular, this includes the adoption of appropriate legislation against the misuse of ICTs for criminal or other purposes and activities intended to affect the integrity of national critical infrastructures. As threats can originate anywhere around the globe, the challenges are inherently international in scope and it is desirable to harmonize legislative norms as much as possible to facilitate regional and international cooperation.

To assist countries in understanding the links between cybersecurity, the building of confidence and security in the use of ICTs, and cybercrime, ITU has developed, and is in the process of developing, a number of related resources. One such resource is an ITU publication titled “Understanding Cybercrime – A Guide for Developing Countries”. The "ITU Toolkit for Cybercrime Legislation" aims to provide countries with sample legislative language and reference material that can assist in the establishment of harmonized cybercrime laws and procedural rules. Development of the Toolkit is by a multidisciplinary international group of experts and a first draft was released in May 2009. [See more information...]

• ITU Toolkit for Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity
  The purpose of the ITU Toolkit for Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity is to provide guidelines on how to raise awareness on cybersecurity issues for SMEs, consumers and end-users in developing countries. Considering that personal computers, mobile phones, and other devices are becoming ever more powerful, that technologies are converging, that the use of ICTs is becoming more and more widespread, and that connections across national borders are increasing, all participants who develop, own, provide, manage, service and maintain information networks must understand cybersecurity issues and take action appropriate to their roles to protect networks. Governments can, and should, take a leadership role in promoting a culture of cybersecurity and in supporting the cybersecurity and cybersafety efforts undertaken by other stakeholders. The start of this project is planned for early 2009. [See more information...]
• Regional Workshops and Capacity Building Activities Related to Cybercrime Legislation and Enforcement
  In order to increase awareness among ITU Member States on the importance of cybercrime legislation and law enforcement, a number of regional capacity building activities and workshops on cybercrime legislation and enforcement are currently being planned. Partnerships with the Council of Europe, UNODC, Interpol, National Departments of Justice, as well as other national, regional and international organizations are being established to aid in the implementation of these and related activities. [See more information...]