Welcoming Address: Amos Marawa, Director, Infrastructure Development, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Opening Remarks: Marcelino Tayob, Head, ITU Area Office for Southern Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe, International Telecommunication Union (ITU), “ITU Opening Remarks”

Session 1: Towards a Framework for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection

Session Moderator: Abu Sufian E Dafalla, Telecom Officer, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Speaker: Marco Obiso, Adviser, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), “ITU-D’s Activities in the Area of Cybersecurity and CIIP”

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

Session 2: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts and Country Case Studies: Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity

Session Moderator: Garry Mukelabai, Manager, Information Systems, Communications Authority of Zambia (CAZ), Republic of Zambia

Speaker: Christine Sund, Cybersecurity Coordinator, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), “Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity ― Fundamentals”

Speaker: John Carr, Secretary, Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety (CHIS), United Kingdom, “Case Study on Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity: Hazards to Young People in the Online Space and How the Private Sector and Governments are Tackling Them”

Speaker: Helmi Rais, Manager, CERT-TCC Tunisia, National Agency for Computer Security, Tunisia, “Case Study on Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity: The Tunisian Experience”

Discussion: Using the ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Toolkit: Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity

Session 3: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts and Country Case Studies: Government―Industry Collaboration

Session Moderator: Marcelino Tayob, Head, ITU Area Office for Southern Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Speaker: Nicholas Ngoma, Telecom Network Engineer, POTRAZ, Zimbabwe “Case Study on Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity: The Zimbabwean Experience”

Speaker: Violet Magagane, Regulatory and Public Policy, Telkom South Africa, “Case Study on Government ― Industry Collaboration: Telkom South Africa”

Speaker: Isabel Nshimbe, IT Analyst, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) “COMESA's Strategy to Deter Cybercrime”

Discussion: Using the ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Toolkit: Government―Industry Collaboration

Session 4: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts and Country Case Studies: Legal Foundation and Enforcement

Session Moderator: Lucky Waindi-Kulecho, Legal Officer, Communications Commission of Kenya, Kenya

Speaker: Marco Gercke, Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany, “Legal Foundation and Enforcement Fundamentals”

Speaker: Ehab Elsonbaty, Senior Judge, Damanhor Court, Egypt “Country Case Study and Overview ― Legal Foundation and Enforcement”

Speaker: Garry Mukelabai, Manager, Information Systems, Communications Authority of Zambia (CAZ), Zambia, “Country Case Study: Cybersecurity in Zambia”

Speaker: Thys Kazad Tshibind, Engineer, ARPTC, Democratic Republic of Congo, “Country Case Study: Democratic Republic of Congo”

Speaker: Andrew Kisaka, (and Aimable Karangwa), Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency, Rwanda, “Cybersecurity and CIIP Country Case Study: Rwanda”

Speaker: Lucky Waindi-Kulecho, Legal Officer, Communications Commission of Kenya, Kenya, “Country Case Study: Towards Development of Cyber Laws in Kenya”

Discussion: Using the ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Toolkit: Legal Foundation and Enforcement

Session 5: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts and Country Case Studies: Incident Management Capabilities

Session Moderator: Charles Munamie, Head, Department of Information Systems and Technology Management Services, Ministry of Information and Civic Education, Malawi

Speaker: Helmi Rais, Manager, CERT-TCC Tunisia, National Agency for Computer Security, Tunisia, “Country Case Study on Incident Management Capabilities: CERT-TCC, Tunisia”

Speaker: Akram Hamed, National Telecom Corporation, Sudan, “Country Case Study: Sudan and Incident Management Capabilities”

Discussion: Using the ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Toolkit: Incident Management Capabilities

Session 6: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts and Country Case Studies: A National Cybersecurity Strategy

Session Moderator: Patrick Mwesigwa, Director, Technology and Licensing, Uganda Communications Commission, Uganda

Speaker: Nafissatou Diallo, Senior Programme Analyst, Department of Information Communications Technology (ICT), Seychelles, “Country Case Study: Status of Cybersecurity and ICT in Seychelles”

Speaker: Patrick Mwesigwa, Director, Technology and Licensing, Uganda Communications Commission, Uganda, “Country Case Study: Formulation of Cybersecurity Legislation in Uganda”

Discussion: Using the ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Toolkit: Incident Management Capabilities

Session 7: Review and Discussion: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts

Session Moderator: Abu Sufian E Dafalla, Telecom Officer, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Marcelino Tayob, Head, ITU Area Office for Southern Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Panelist: Joseph Richardson, Consultant, United States of America

Panelist: John Carr, Secretary, Children's Charities' Coalition on Internet Safety (CHIS), United Kingdom

Panelist: Ehab Elsonbaty, Senior Judge, Damanhor Court, Egypt

Panelist: Helmi Rais, Manager, CERT-TCC Tunisia, National Agency for Computer Security, Tunisia

Speaker: Saasa Shamambo, Manager, ICT Security and Quality Assurance, Bank of Zambia, Zambia, “The Bank of Zambia Experience” 

Working Session 1: Regional Approach for the Development of a National Cybersecurity Strategy

Working Session Facilitator: Joseph Richardson, Consultant, Unites States of America

Recommendations from the ad hoc working group on a “Regional Approach for the Development of a National Cybersecurity Strategy”

Working Session 2: Legal Foundation and Enforcement

Working Session Facilitators: Marco Gercke, Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany and Ehab Elsonbaty, Senior Judge, Damanhor Court, Egypt

Recommendations from the ad hoc working group on “Legal Foundation and Enforcement”

Working Session 3: Watch, Warning and Incident Response

Working Session Facilitator: Helmi Rais, Manager, CERT-TCC Tunisia, National Agency for Computer Security, Tunisia and Marco Obiso, Adviser, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT)

Recommendations from the ad hoc working group on “Watch, Warning and Incident Response”

Working Session Wrap-Up

Working Session Facilitator: Marcelino Tayob, Head, ITU Area Office for Southern Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

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Sessions 8 and 9 : ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Toolkit: An Exercise

Session Moderator: Joseph Richardson, Consultant, United States of America

Information on the ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Toolkit can be found here.

Session 10: Regional and International Cooperation

Session Moderator: Abu Sufian E Dafalla, Telecom Officer, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Panelist: Sizo Mhlanga, Regional Adviser, ICT, Science and Technology Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), “ECA Regional Perspective on e-Security”

Panelist: Jacquot Rasemboarimanana, Computer Scientist, Commission de l'Océan Indien (COI)/Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), “La Communication, la Connectivité et la Sécurité dans la Région COI/Communication, Connectivity and Security in the IOC Region”

Panelist: Marco Obiso, Adviser, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), “ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA): A Framework for International Cooperation in Cybersecurity”

Session 11: Wrap-Up, Recommendations and the Way Forward

Session Moderator: Abu Sufian E Dafalla, Telecom Officer, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) and Marcelino Tayob, Head, ITU Area Office for Southern Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

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Closing Remarks: Abu Sufian E Dafalla, Telecom Officer, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Closing Remarks: Marcelino Tayob, Head, ITU Area Office for Southern Africa in Harare, Zimbabwe, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum in Lusaka, Zambia, 25-28 August 2008

Contributions to the regional forum will be posted here.

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