Welcoming Address: H.E. Manuel Sousa, Minister of Infrastructure, Transport and Sea, Ministério das Infraestruturas e Transportes, Cape Verde

Opening Remarks: Patricia de Mowbray, Representative, Joint United Nations Office, Cape Verde

Opening Remarks: Margarida Evora-Sagna, ITU Area Office for West-Africa, Senegal

Session 1: Creating a National Strategy and Framework for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP)

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

Speaker: Robert Shaw, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Development Sector (ITU-D), “Overview of ITU-D Activities Related to Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection”

Speaker: Jorge Lopes, Nucleo Operacional da Sociedade de Informacao (NOSI), Cape Verde, “e-Governance and Cybersecurity”

Speaker:  James Ennis, Department of State, United States of America, Rapporteur ITU-D Study Group 1 Question 22 - Securing Information and Communication Networks: Best Practices for Developing a Culture of Cybersecurity, “Best Practices for Organizing National Cybersecurity Efforts”

Session 2: Development of a National Strategy for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP)

Session Moderator: Basil Udotai, Directorate for Cybersecurity (DfC), Office of the National Security Adviser, Nigeria

Speaker: Basil Udotai, Directorate for Cybersecurity (DfC), Office of the National Security Adviser, Nigeria, “Framework for Cybersecurity in Nigeria”

Speaker: Christine Sund, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Development Sector (ITU-D), “Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity”

Speaker:  Joseph Richardson, United States of America, “Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts” and “ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Assessment Toolkit”

Session 3: Legal Foundation and Regulatory Development

Session Moderator: Matoso Carvalho, Angolan Institute of Communications (INACOM), Angola

Speaker: Marco Gercke, Germany, “The Challenge of Fighting Cybercrime in Developing Countries and the Role of National, Regional, and International Cybercrime Legislation”

Speaker: Gabriela Sarmiento, Consultant, Venezuela, “Les Délits Informatiques, Les Lois que Les Punissent et La Pratique Judiciaire”

Session 4: Legal Foundation and Regulatory Development (continued)

Session Moderator: Marco Gercke, Germany

Speaker: Marco Gercke, Germany, “National, Regional and International Solutions in the Fight Against Cybercrime with a Focus on the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime”

Speaker: Baye Issakha Gueye, Membre du Conseil de Régulation de l’Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART), Senegal, “Fondements Juridiques et Démarche Réglementaire pour la Cybersécurité - Survol des Enjeux et Perspectives au Senegal”

Speaker: Mody Ndiaye, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), “Law Enforcement Tools to Investigate Cyber-Attacks ― Does West Africa Have a Cybersecurity Strategy/Application de la Loi contre le Cybercrime ― Quelle Stratégie en Afrique de l’Ouest?”

Session 5: Legal Foundation and Regulatory Development (continued)

Session Moderator: David Gomes, Agencia Nacional das Comunicações (ANAC), Cape Verde

Speaker: Joel Schwarz, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), Department of Justice, United States of America, “Legal Foundation and Development: The Risk of Cybercrime and Its Impact on Africa”

Speaker: Alex da Costa, Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA), The Gambia, “Legal and Regulatory Perspectives”

Session 6: Watch, Warning and Incident Response Capabilities

Session Moderator: Seymour Goodman, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America

Speaker: Seymour Goodman, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States of America, “Watch, Warning, Incident Response (and Other) Capabilities”

Speaker: Belhassen Zouari, National Agency for Computer Security (ANSI), Cert-Tcc, Tunisia, “Implementing a National Strategy : The Case of the Tunisian CERT”

Speaker: Presentation of the ITU Botnet Mitigation Toolkit

Session 7: Government-Industry Collaboration

Moderator: El Hadji Mansor Sy Tandine, Présidence de la République du Sénegal, Senegal

Speaker:  Luis Sousa Cardoso, Service Quality & Network Security, PT Comunicações, Portugal, “Cybercrime and Critical Information Infrastructure Impact”

Speaker:  Almiro Rocha, CV Telecom, Cape Verde, “CVTelecom and Security in Information Systems”

Session 8: Regional and International Cooperation

Session Moderator: Sekou Kromah, Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications, Liberia

Speaker: Alain Aina, Member of ICANN Stability and Security Advisory Committee (SSAC), Togo, “Cybersécurité en Afrique: Appel pour une Collaboration Régionale et Internationale”

Speaker: Joel Schwarz, Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS), Department of Justice, United States of America, “International Cooperation in Cybercrime Investigations”

Session 9: Wrap-Up, Recommendations and the Way Forward

Session Moderator: David Gomes, Agencia Nacional das Comunicações (ANAC), Cape Verde and Robert Shaw, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Development Sector (ITU-D)

Panelist Framework for Cybersecurity and CIIP: Joseph Richardson, United States of America

Panelist Legal Foundation, Regulatory Development and Enforcement: Marco Gercke, Germany

Panelist Watch, Warning and Incident Response: Belhassen Zouari, National Agency for Computer Security (ANSI), Cert-Tcc, Tunisia

Panelist Government-Industry Collaboration: El Hadji Mansor Sy Tandine, Présidence de la République du Sénegal, Senegal

Panelist Regional and International Cooperation: Basil Udotai, Directorate for Cybersecurity (DfC), Office of the National Security Adviser, Nigeria and Alain Aina, Member of ICANN Stability and Security Advisory Committee (SSAC), Togo

Closing Remarks: David Gomes, Agencia Nacional das Comunicações (ANAC), Cape Verde

Closing remarks: H.E. Jose Manuel Andrade, Minister of Justice, Ministry of Justice, Cape Verde

Closing remarks: Margarida Evora-Sagna, ITU Area Office for West-Africa, Senegal

West Africa Workshop on Policy and Regulatory Frameworks for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) Praia, Cape Verde, 27-29 November 2007

Contributions to the workshop will be posted here.

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