ITU‑T Study Group 17: Security
(Study Period 2022 - 2024)
ITU‑T Study Group 17 is responsible for building confidence and security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs).
Providing security by ICTs and ensuring security for ICTs are both major study areas for Study Group 17. This includes studies relating to cybersecurity, managed security services, endpoint detection and response, security management, countering spam and identity management. It also includes security architecture and framework, quantum-based security, distributed ledger technology (DLT) security, intelligent transport system (ITS) security, security aspects related to artificial intelligence (AI), and security of networks, applications and services such as Internet of things (IoT) and smart cities, various kinds of networks including IMT-2020/5G and beyond, smart grid, industrial control systems (ICS), supply chain, smartphone, software‑defined networking (SDN), network function virtualization (NFV), Internet Protocol television (IPTV), web services, over-the-top (OTT), social network, cloud computing, big data analytics, digital financial system (DFS) and telebiometrics.
Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs also includes protecting personally identifiable information (PII) such as technical and operational aspects of data protection with respect to ensuring confidentiality, integrity and availability of PII.
Study Group 17 is also responsible for the application of open system communications, including directory and object identifiers, and for technical languages, the method for their usage and other issues related to the software aspects of telecommunication systems, and for test specification languages in support of conformance testing to improve the quality of Recommendations.
Lead Study Group Roles
Recommendations under the SG17 responsibility
