​Executive Summary

Meeting of ITU-T SG17 'Security', Geneva, 29 August – 6 September 2017

Hot topics:​

• Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) security
• IoT security
• Intelligent Transport System (ITS) security
• TTCN-3
• Event Data Recorder
• Software-defined networking security
• Big Data security
• Identity management
• Security architecture
• Information Security Management
• Mobile terminal security
• Smart-grid security
• Application security
• Clouding computing security
• Advertising spam/fraud

ITU workshop on security aspects of Intelligent Transport System (ITS)  

The event was announced by TSB Circular 34 and was attended by 95 participants from 15 countries. Its outcomes identified next step advices for ITS security related study in Q13/17.

New Question 14/17 DLT security

SG17 agreed to establish a new Question 14/17 on Security Aspects of Distributed Ledger Technologies.

New work items:

26 new work items were agreed to be added to the SG17 work programme. Details are in Annex B.

1 work item was discontinued. Details are in Annex C.

Next SG17 meeting:

SG17 future meetings will be 8 working days.

• Tuesday 20 – Thursday 29 March 2018, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Workshop on 5G security on Monday 19 March 2018, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Wednesday 29 August – Friday 7 September 2018, Geneva, Switzerland.
• Workshop (subject to be decided) on Tuesday 28 August 2018, Geneva, Switzerland.
• 14 texts are planned for approval, determination, consent or agreement in March 2018.
• Interim RGM meetings: 8 Questions plan to hold 8 RGMs. See: http://www.itu.int/net/ITU-T/lists/rgm.aspx?Group=17. 

Meeting Output:

The SG17 plenary meeting:

• Approved (TAP) 4 new/revised ITU-T Recommendations. Details are in Annex A a).
• Agreed 3 new Supplements. Details are in Annex A c).
• Determined (TAP) 3 draft new ITU-T Recommendations. Details are in Annex A d).
• Consented (AAP) 22 new/revised texts for Last Call. Details are in Annex A e).

Bridging the Standardization Gap (BSG):

• Orientation programme for newcomers: welcome and guided tour, SG17 orientation session with SG17 overview presentation given by SG17 Chairman; Special session on addressing contributions from developing countries.
• BSG hands-on training session for 4 participants from 3 developing countries.

Tutorial presentations:

Seven tutorial presentations received positive feedback on their rich information, including presentations on Financial Inclusion Global Initiative (FIGI), Symantec strategy for information security and perspective for security standardization, Privacy management in a system life cycle, Quantum Safe Cryptography, overview on 5G security standardization, and SG17 overview.

Participation:

• 134 participants (185 announced): 30 Member States, 18 Sector Members, 2 Associates, and 2 Academia. 9 invited experts.
• 6 partial fellowships granted: (Afghanistan), Benin, Central Africa, Dem. Rep. of Congo DRC, Guinea, Myanmar, Uganda
• New Member States participation from: Myanmar, Singapore (,Tajikistan (pre-registered))
• SG17 vice chairmen absent: Vasiliy DOLMATOV, Russian Federation; Patrick-Kennedy KETTIN ZANGA, Central Africa; Gökhan EVREN, Turkey; and Hugo Darío MIGUEL, Argentina.

Other highlights:

• SG17 plenary organized 6 special sessions to address topics of broad interest.
• JCA-IdM held its 23^rd meeting on 4 Sept 2017. ITU-T SG17 received updates from OpenID Foundation, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27/WG 5, OASIS Trust Elevation TC, FIDO Alliance, NH-ISAC and ISO/TC 307 (esp. TC 307/SG 4).
• The ICT Security Standards Roadmap and the Security Compendia were updated.  A seventh edition of the Security Manual is desired to complete in 2018 with the support of the TSB.

Correspondence Groups:

• CG-cybex to continue with updated ToR in TD801
• 2 new CGs created:
• CG-ITSsec was created with ToR in TD732 on collaboration with UNECE WP29/TFCS.

• SG17 decided to create a correspondence group on transformation of security study, with ToR of this CG in TD782.
• CG-IoTSec (Correspondence Group on Security and Privacy for IoT for ongoing coordination and collaboration, joint with SG20) was terminated.

Meeting input and organization:

Contributions: 106 - 36% increase (past meetings: 78, 81, 66, 74, 80)

Contribution# from: Americas (6), AFR (11), APT (75 = China 37, Korea 31, (China & Korea 2), Japan 7, Iran 1, Malaysia 1), ARAB (0), CIS (1), EUR (13), LAM (0)

TDs: 426 – SG17 record (previous meeting: 368, 391, 418, 371, 386), including 49 incoming liaison statements and 40 outgoing liaison statements; 80 sourced from TSB.

204 sessions were organized, many parallel meetings per quarter each day. 11 sessions were equipped with AdobeConnect to allow participation from remote.

Annex A
Actions taken on Recommendations, and other texts at the 6 Sept 2017 SG17 plenary

a) TAP Recommendations approved (WTSA-16 Resolution 1):

The SG17 plenary meeting approved (TAP) three draft new and one draft revised ITU-T Recommendations in accordance with WTSA-16 Resolution 1, Section 9.

Approval of the above Recommendations will be announced by TSB Circular in October 2017.

b) TAP Recommendations not approved (WTSA-16 Resolution 1): None.

c) Amendment approved, Supplements agreed, Implementer's guide approved, Technical Report agreed:

The SG17 plenary meeting agreed three new Supplements.

d) Recommendations determined (TAP – WTSA-16 Resolution 1):

The SG17 plenary meeting determined (TAP) three new draft ITU-T Recommendations in accordance with WTSA-16 Resolution 1, Section 9.

Information on the Member States consultation is available in TSB Circular 53 of 11 October 2017.

e) AAP Recommendations consented for consented Last Call (Recommendation ITU-T A.8):

The SG17 plenary meeting gave consent (AAP) to six draft new ITU-T Recommendations, twelve draft revised ITU-T Recommendations and four draft Technical Corrigenda for Last Call according to Recommendation ITU-T A.8:

Note:

(1)   In case of joint Question activity, the lead Question is given without parentheses and other Questions are shown in parentheses; such entries are only shown in the table against the lead Question.

(2)   A.5 justification information for 14 draft revised Recommendations ITU-T Z.160-Z.171 are found in 14 TDs TD644-TD657 respectively.

These Recommendations have entered into AAP Last call in September-October 2017 (see AAP-20 and AAP-22) and been approved in October-November 2017 (see AAP-23 and AAP-24).

f) Work items planned for action in next March 2018 SG17 meeting:

Note:

(1)   In case of joint Question activity, the lead Question is given without parentheses and other Questions are shown in parentheses; such entries are only shown in the table against the lead Question. 

Annex B
New work items

The following 26 new work items were agreed to be added to the SG17 work programme:

Note:

(1)   In case of joint Question activity, the lead Question is given without parentheses and other Questions are shown in parentheses; such entries are only shown in the table against the lead Question.

Annex C
Work items discontinued