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ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Agenda housed in Malaysia

Centre to combat cyber threats established near Kuala Lumpur

Bangkok, 4 September 2008 — ITU concluded an agreement with the International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber-Terrorism (IMPACT) to operationalize the ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA). IMPACT’S state-of-the-art global headquarters in Cyberjaya, Kuala Lumpur will be the home of ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Agenda.

The collaboration between ITU and IMPACT is aimed at building synergies to provide:

Real-time analysis, aggregation and dissemination of global cyber threat information

Early warning system and emergency response to global cyber threats

Training and skills development on the technical, legal and policy aspects of cybersecurity

The agreement is in line with the decision of the World Summit on the Information Society to build security and confidence in the use of information and communication technologies (ICT). The Summit also called for the coordination of multi-stakeholder implementation of information exchange, creation of knowledge, sharing of best practices, and assistance in developing public/private partnerships.

The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in Bangkok during ITU TELECOM ASIA 2008 by ITU Secretary-General Dr Hamadoun Touré and Chairman of the IMPACT Management Board Mr Mohammad Noor Amin.

The ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) is an ITU framework for international cooperation for governments, international law enforcement authorities, the private sector, international organizations and civil society to make cyberspace more secure in an increasingly networked information society. The international effort is focused on strengthening five areas:

Legal framework

Technical measures

Organizational structures

Capacity building

International cooperation

While the GCA will be housed at the IMPACT Centre, ITU will have a ‘virtual showcase’ in Geneva of the early warning system, crisis management and real-time analysis of global cyber threats. IMPACT initiatives, such as the Global Response Centre as well as training and skills development, security assurance, research, and international cooperation will be conducted under the auspices of the GCA.

The IMPACT Centre is being readied on a 7-acre estate near Kuala Lumpur with infrastructure built over 58,000 square feet.

For more information visit: www.itu.int/cybersecurity/gca/ or please contact:

Sanjay Acharya
Chief, Media Relations and Public Information
ITU
Tel: +41 22 730 5046
Mobile : +41 79 249 4861
E-mail: pressinfo

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Alexander Ntoko
Head, Corporate Strategy Division
ITU
Tel: + 41 22 730 5525
E-mail: gca

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Azmi Faez
Adviser (Administration), Chairman’s Office
IMPACT
Tel: +60 (3) 7710 2020
Fax : +60 (3) 7729 2020
E-mail: azmi.faez

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