A fundamental role of ITU, following the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) and the 2006 ITU Plenipotentiary Conference is to build confidence and security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs). Heads of states and government and other global leaders participating in WSIS as well as ITU Member States entrusted ITU to take concrete steps towards curbing the threats and insecurities related to the information society.

ITU-T Activities Related to Cybersecurity

ITU-D Activities Related to Cybersecurity

ITU-R Activities Related to  Cybersecurity

Child Online Protection (COP) is a global initiative which aims to tackle cybersecurity holistically.

WSIS Action Line C.5 Building Confidence and security in the use of ICTs

• ITU-IMPACT partnership showcases state-of-the-art global early response system at ITU Telecom World 2009
• Final Report on ITU-T Workshop on New challenges for Telecommunication Security Standardizations
• Future security work in the ITU-T by Mike Harrop, The Cottingham Group, Security Rapporteur, ITU-T SG
• ITU Cybercrime Legislation Resources

• Fifth International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS), 14-18 December 2009, Kolkata, India
• Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF),21-26 March 2010, Anaheim, USA
• ARIN XXV, 18-21 April 2010, Toronto, Canada
• 8th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security,22-25 June 2010, Beijing, China

• 4th IGF Meeting
  15-18 November 2009, Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt
• EU Safer Internet Forum 21-23 October 2009 (Luxembourg)
• 2009 ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Asia-Pacific
  23-25 September 2009, Hyderabad, India
• SANS-IMPACT 2009 Conference 27 July - 1 August (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
• ITU/BDT Seminar on Readiness for emergency situations and liquidation of their consequences with use of telemedicine and e-Health 8-10 July 2009 (Moscow, Russia)
• Forum on Implementation of decisions of ITU-T World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly-08 (WTSA-08) 07 July 2009 (Quito, Ecuador)
• ITU Launches the 2009 ITU Cybersecurity and ICT Applications Essay Competition. Enter the competition online! (Deadline 14 June 2009)
• EU Kids Online Conference: European research on cultural, contextual and risk issues regarding children and the internet 11 June 2009, London, United Kingdom
• ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Africa and Arab States
  4-5 June 2009, Tunis, Tunisia
• ITU/MIC Strategic Dialogue on Safer Internet Environment for Children
  2-3 June 2009, Tokyo, Japan
• Facilitation Meeting: WSIS Action Line C5 @ WSIS Forum 2009
  19 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
• High Level Panel: Cybersecurity @ WSIS Forum 2009
  19 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
• Protecting Children from Cyber-exploitation @ WSIS Forum 2009
  19 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
• ITU Child Online Protection Initiative @ WSIS Forum 2009
  18 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
• High-profile Ceremony: World Telecommunication and Information Society Day “Protecting Children in Cyberspace”
  18 May 2009, Geneva, Switzerland
• Council Working Group - WSIS Fourteenth Meeting
  11-13 February 2009 Geneva, Switzerland