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With an estimated one billion
people currently using the Internet around the world, it is
understandable that global issues such as cyberthreats and
inadequate cybersecurity solutions can be viewed differently by
countries with dissimilar levels of development, priorities and
challenges.
With its 191 Member States and more than 700 Sector Members and
Associates, ITU is uniquely placed to seek consensus on a
framework for international cooperation in cybersecurity. Its
membership includes the Least Developed Countries, the
developing and emerging economies and the industrialized
countries. ITU, therefore, provides the preeminent forum where
the diverse views about cybersecurity and cybercrime, including
those of the private sector, can be discussed, with the goal of
arriving at a common understanding amongst all the concerned
parties and how those issues could be addressed globally and
effectively.
Moreover, the known mandate of ITU in the standardization and
development of telecommunications was recognized when world
leaders appointed ITU as moderator/facilitator for WSIS Action
Line C5. This acknowledgment reinforces ITU as an ideal forum
for developing and putting into action solutions aimed at
addressing the global challenges to cybersecurity.
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A unique vision, a unique forum
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The Secretary-General of the ITU has identified cybersecurity as a top priority.
The Secretary-General’s vision is a global information society in which trust and security in the use of ICTs is the norm, and in which each and every participant can reap the benefits and opportunities afforded by ICTs.
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World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) in Tunis in 2005, ITU was entrusted to take the lead as the sole facilitator for
Action Line C5, “Building confidence and security in the use of information and communication technologies (ICTs)”.
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Calls from ITU membership: ITU Membership has been calling for a greater role to be played by ITU in matters relating to cybersecurity
through various Resolutions, Decisions, Programmes and
Recommendations.
- With its diverse public-private sector membership (including
191 Member States and more than 700
Sector Members and
Associates),
ITU is uniquely placed to serve as a global
multi-stakeholder forum for the development of a
framework for international cooperation in cybersecurity. Only a
wide approach that cuts across sectors and geographical boundaries
can forge a common understanding of cybersecurity threats among
countries at all stages of economic development.
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The strategy for a solution must identify those existing
national and regional initiatives, work with all relevant
players to identify priorities and bring partners together with
the goal of proposing global solutions to address the global
challenges we face today.
Working with key partners on issues where a common understanding
can be reached is the only way to address these global issues
and build a safe and secure information society for all nations
and peoples.
Alongside partners from governments, industry, regional/international
organizations and academic and research institutions, ITU has therefore established a
global framework for dialogue and international cooperation
aimed at proposing strategies for solutions to enhance security
and confidence in the information society. The Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) will unite existing initiatives and
partners with the objective of proposing global strategies to
address today’s challenges in the fight against cybercrime and
to maintain cyberpeace. The ultimate aim of the Global
Cybersecurity Agenda is to make significant progress on the
agreed goals in the fight against cybercrime and to increase the
level of confidence and security in the information society. It
is based on international cooperation, and strives to engage all
relevant stakeholders in a concerted effort to build security
and confidence in the information society.
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