Welcoming Address: Arq. Carlos Lisandro Salas, Secretarío de Comunicaciones, Secretaría de Comunicaciones, Argentina. Opening remarks given by Gonzalo Heredia, Coordinator for National Information Society Programs, Secretaría de Comunicaciones, Argentina

Opening remarks: Mario Maniewicz, Chief a.i., Policies and Strategies Department, Telecommunication Development Bureau, International Telecommunication Union (English)(Español) 

Session 1: What is a Framework for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection?

Session Moderator: Robert Shaw, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)

Speaker: Robert Shaw, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)

• "Overview of ITU-D Activities Related to Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection"

Speaker: Daniel Hurley, Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), United States of America

• "Building Cybersecurity Capacity: Overview of Best Practices for Cybersecurity"

Speaker: Phil Sodoma, Trustworthy Computing Group, Microsoft Corporation

• "Resiliency Rules: 7 Steps for Resiliency in Critical Infrastructure Protection"

Session 2: Development of a National Strategy

Session Moderator: Gonzalo Heredia, Coordinator for National Information Society Programs, Secretaría de Comunicaciones, Argentina

Speaker: Carlos Achiary, Oficina Nacional de Tecnologías de Información (ONTI), Argentina

• "Desarrollo de una Estrategia Nacional"

Speaker: Bradford Willke, CERT/CC SEI, United States of America

• "Engineering National Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection"

Speaker: Fred Clark, Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones, Guatemala

• "E-Readiness in Guatemala"

Speaker: Joseph Richardson, United States of America

• "ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self Assessment Toolkit"

Session 3: Technical Standards for Cybersecurity

Session Moderator: Paolo Rosa, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (ITU-T)

Speaker: Paolo Rosa, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (ITU-T)

• "ITU-T: Cybersecurity and Standards"

Speaker: Mike Harrop, ITU-T Study Group 17 Rapporteur on the Security Project

• "ITU-T Network Security Initiatives"

Session 4: Watch, Warning and Incident Response

Session Moderator: Romulo Dantas, Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the Organization of American States

Speaker: Ricardo Woolery, Conatel, Honduras

• "Honduras - An Overview"

Speaker: Jason Rafail, CERT/CC SEI, United States of America

• "An Overview of the CERT/CC and CSIRT Community"

Speaker: Gastón Franco, ArCERT, Argentina

• "ArCERT"

Session 5: Watch, Warning and Incident Response (Continued)

Session Moderator: Marcelo HP Caetano Chaves, CERT-BR, Brazil

Speaker: Marcelo HP Caetano Chaves, CERT-BR, Brazil

• "Using Honeypots to Monitor Spam and Attack Trends"

Speaker: Fred Clark, Superintendencia de Telecomunicaciones, Guatemala

• "CSIRT-gt: El Equipo de Respuesta a Incidentes de Seguridad Informática de Guatemala"

Speaker: Suresh Ramasubramanian, Outblaze, India

• "ITU Botnet Mitigation Project"

Session 6: The Role of CSIRTs in Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity

Session Moderator: Christine Sund, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (ITU-D)

Speaker: Christine Sund, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (ITU-D)

• "Promoting a Culture of Security"

Panelist: Bradford Willke, CERT/CC SEI, United States of America

• "CSIRT Contributions to National Efforts in Critical Information Infrastructure Protection"

Panelist: Patricia Prandini, ArCERT, Argentina

• "Rol de los CSIRTs"

Session 7: Legal Foundation, Regulatory Development and Enforcement

Session Moderator: Marco Gercke, Germany

Speaker: Albert Rees, Department of Justice, United States of America

• "Legal Foundation"

Speaker: Gilberto Martins de Almeida, Brazil

• "Brazilian Legal Approach to Cybercrimes"

Speaker: Fernando Maresca, National Office of Information Technology (ONTI), Argentina

• "Aspectos Legales del Cibercrimen"

Session 8: Legal Foundation, Regulatory Development and Enforcement (Continued)

Speaker: Jody Westby, Global Cyber Risk LLC, United States of America

• "International Issues In Responding to Cybercrime: A Call for Harmonization"

Speaker: Marco Gercke, Germany

• "The Challenge of Fighting Cybercrime in Developing Countries and the Role of National, Regional, and International Cybercrime Legislation"

Session 9: Regional and International Cooperation

Session Moderator: Robert Shaw, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)

Speaker: Albert Rees, Department of Justice, United States of America

• "International Cooperation"

Speaker: Romulo Dantas, Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the Organization of American States

• "Programa de la OEA de Protección de Infraestructuras Críticas"

Speaker: Wayne Zeuch, Alcatel-Lucent, Representative from Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) of the Organization of American States

• "CITEL's Focus on Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Protection"

Session 10: Wrap-Up, Recommendations and the Way Forward 

Session Moderator: Robert Shaw, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)

Panelist Framework for Cybersecurity and CIIP: Daniel Hurley, Department of Commerce, National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), United States of America

Panelist Technical Standards for Cybersecurity: Mike Harrop, ITU-T Study Group 17 Rapporteur on the Security Project

Panelist Watch, Warning and Incident Response: Patricia Prandini, ArCERT, Argentina

Panelist Legal Foundation, Regulatory Development and Enforcement: Jody Westby, Global Cyber Risk LLC, United States of America

Panelist Regional and International Cooperation: Romulo Dantas, Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE) of the Organization of American States

Closing remarks: Gonzalo Heredia, Coordinator for National Information Society Programs, Secretaría de Comunicaciones, Argentina (Español)

Closing remarks: Paolo Rosa, Head, Workshops and Promotion Division, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (ITU-T) (English)

Contributions to the Regional Workshop on Frameworks for Cybersecurity and CIIP held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 16-18 October 2007

Contribution by the North American Consumer Project on Electronic Commerce (NACPEC) (www.nacpec.org)

• "An Update on Anti-Spam and Phishing Activities in Mexico"

Any additional contributions can be sent by e-mail to the
ITU-D ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division