Seminar on the Economics of Cybersecurity

Welcoming Address: Sahib Dayal Saxena, ITU Tariff Group for Asia and Oceania (TAS), “Welcoming Address by the Seminar Chairperson”

Welcoming Address and Opening Remarks: Jason Ashurst, Director, ITU and Treaties Section, International Branch, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia

Seminar Session 1: The Economics of Cybersecurity and The Financial Aspects of Network Security: Malware and Spam

Seminar Session Moderator: Sahib Dayal Saxena from the ITU Tariff Group for Asia and Oceania (TAS)

Speaker: Johannes Bauer, Professor, Michigan State University, “ITU Study on the Financial Aspects of Network Security: Malware and Spam”

Speaker: Marco Gercke, Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany, “The Cost to Developing Countries”

Seminar Session 2: The Botnet Economy

Seminar Session Moderator: Sahib Dayal Saxena from the ITU Tariff Group for Asia and Oceania (TAS)

Speaker: Bruce Matthews, Manager, Anti-Spam Section, Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australian Internet Security Initiative (AISI), Australia, “Australia’s Spam and Zombie Botnet Initiatives: Economic Drivers”

Speaker: Suresh Ramasubramanian, Consultant, India, “ITU Botnet Mitigation Toolkit and Pilot Field Projects”

Seminar Session 3: Elaboration and Development of Indicators for Cybersecurity

Seminar Session Moderator: Sahib Dayal Saxena from the ITU Tariff Group for Asia and Oceania (TAS)

Speaker: Hwang Seong Weon, Senior Researcher, Strategic Planning Team, Korea Information Security Agency (KISA), Republic of Korea, “Development of National Information Security Index”

Speaker: Karl Hanmore, Operations Manager, AusCERT, Australia, “Cyber-Security Metrics: Some Hard Questions”

ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Asia-Pacific

Welcoming Address: Keith Besgrove, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia, “DBCDE Welcoming Address”  

Opening Remarks: Eun-Ju Kim, Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, “ITU Opening Remarks”

Opening Remarks: Joong Yeon Hwang, President and CEO, Korea Information Security Agency (KISA) Republic of Korea, “KISA Opening Remarks”

Session 1: Towards a Framework for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection

Forum Session Moderator: Keith Besgrove, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia

Forum Speaker: Christine Sund, Cybersecurity Coordinator, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), “ITU-D’s Activities in the Area of Cybersecurity and CIIP” , including information on ITU-D Study Group Question 22/1: Report on Recommended Best Practices for Achieving Cybersecurity

Forum Speaker: Joseph Richardson, Consultant, United States of America, “Overview of the Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts” and the “ITU Cybersecurity Self-Assessment Toolkit”

Forum Speaker: Mike Rothery, Assistant Secretary of Critical Infrastructure Protection, Attorney-General’s Department, “Critical Infrastructure Protection Issues in Australia”

Information on the ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Toolkit can be found here.

Ministerial Address by Senator Stephen Conroy, Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia

Session 2: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts: Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity

Forum Session Moderator: Richard Beach, Senior NetSafe Consultant, NetSafe - The Internet Safety Group, New Zealand

Forum Speaker: Christine Sund, Cybersecurity Coordinator, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT), “Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity Fundamentals”

Forum Speaker: Kathryn Kerr, Manager, Analysis and Assessments, AusCERT, Australia, “AusCERT Home Users Computer Security Survey”

Forum Speaker: Philip Victor, Head, Training and Outreach, CyberSecurity Malaysia, Malaysia “Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity ― Malaysia Case Study”

Forum Speaker: Richard Beach, Senior NetSafe Consultant, NetSafe - The Internet Safety Group, New Zealand, “Promoting a Culture of Cybersecurity ― New Zealand Case Study”

Session 3: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts and Country Case Studies: Government―Industry Collaboration

Forum Session Moderator: Tua'imalo Asamu Ah Sam, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Independent State of Samoa

Forum Speaker: Julie Inman Grant, Regional Director, Internet Safety and Security, Microsoft Asia Pacific, “Case Study ― Government − Industry Collaboration: Critical Infrastructure Protection − Collaboration, Policy Drivers and the CIP Continuum”

Forum Speaker: Steve Stroud, Director, Attorney-General’s Department, Australia, “Government − Industry Collaboration: An Australian Case Study”

Session 4: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts and Country Case Studies: Legal Foundation and Enforcement

Forum Session Moderator: Adrian McCullagh, Professor, Telecommunications and Secure E-Business Law, Information Security Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Forum Speaker: Marco Gercke, Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany, “Legal Foundation and Enforcement Fundamentals” 

Forum Speaker:  Anthony Angelo, Professor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, “Overview of Cyber-Legislation in the Pacific Islands” 

Forum Speaker:  Adrian McCullagh, Professor, Telecommunications and Secure E-Business Law, Information Security Institute, Queensland University of Technology, Australia, “Cyber Crime and Information Security: A Legislative Regime”

Session 5: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts and Country Case Studies: Incident Management Capabilities

Forum Session Moderator: Michael Lewis, Deputy Director, Q-CERT, Qatar

Forum Speaker: Michael Lewis, Deputy Director, Q-CERT, Qatar, “ITU Incident Management Capabilities Pillar Fundamentals and Qatar Country Case Study”

Forum Speaker: Kitisak Jirawannakool, Computer System Officer, ThaiCERT, National Electronics and Computer Technology Center (NECTEC), Thailand, “ThaiCERT Incident Response & Phishing Cases in Thailand”

Forum Speaker: Vu Quoc Khanh, Director General, VNCERT, Viet Nam, “Establishing National Incident Response Capability for Viet Nam − VNCERT Activities and Challenges”

Forum Speaker: Graham Ingram, General Manager, AusCERT, Australia, “Incident Management Capabilities − Australia Country Case Study”

Session 6: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts and Country Case Studies: Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy

Forum Session Moderator: Jason Ashurst, Director, ITU and Treaties Section, International Branch, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia

Forum Speaker: Sabeena Oberoi, Assistant Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Government of Australia, “Australia’s E-Security Activities”

Forum Speaker: Michael Lewis, Deputy Director, Q-CERT, Qatar, Q-CERT, Qatar “A National Cybersecurity Strategy ― Qatar” 

Forum Speaker: Richard Hipa, Managing Director, Niue Post & Telecommunications, Niue Island, “Country Case Study ― Cybersecurity Related Initiatives in Pacific Island Countries” 

Forum Speaker: Phillip Toye, Senior Advisor, Ministry of Economic Development, New Zealand, “New Zealand’s Digital Strategy 2.0: Smarter Through Digital” 

Session 7: Review and Discussion: Management Framework for Organizing National Cybersecurity/CIIP Efforts

Forum Session Moderator: Joseph Richardson, Consultant, United States of America

Panelist: Johannes Bauer, Professor, Michigan State University

Panelist: Keith Besgrove, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia

Panelist: Marco Gercke, Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany

Panelist: Richard Beach, Senior NetSafe Consultant, NetSafe - The Internet Safety Group, New Zealand

Session 8: Cybersecurity and Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Forum Session Moderator: Ivan Fong, Vice-President, Pacific Islands Telecommunications Association (PITA)

Forum Speaker: Daniel Wells, Assistant Director, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia, “Australian Government Cybersecurity Activities in the Pacific”

Forum Speaker: Franck Martin, ICT Specialist, The Pacific Islands Applied Geoscience Commission (SOPAC), and Chairman, The Pacific Islands Chapter of the Internet Society, Fiji, “Overview of the Pacific Cybersecurity Environment” 

Forum Speaker: Stuart Davies, Chief Executive and Managing Director, Telecom Cook Islands Ltd and Representative for Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT), “Telecom Fraud and Number Hijacking”

Session 9: Cybersecurity and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (Continued)

Forum Session Moderator: Stuart Davies, Chief Executive and Managing Director, Telecom Cook Islands Ltd and Representative for Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT)

Forum Speaker: Glennys Vora, Information Systems and Services Unit (ISSU), Department of Finance, Republic of Vanuatu, “Country Case Study: Cybersecurity Initiatives in Vanuatu”

Forum Speaker: Tua'imalo Asamu Ah Sam, Chief Executive Officer, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Independent State of Samoa, “Samoa Country Case Study”

Forum Speaker: Igam M. Moaniba, Republic of Kiribati “Kiribati Country Case Study”

Session 10: Regional and International Cooperation

Forum Session Moderator: Eun-Ju Kim, Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

Forum Speaker: Keith Besgrove, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia, and Chair, OECD Working Party on Information Security and Privacy (WPISP), “Regional and International Cooperation on Cybersecurity”

Forum Speaker: Jinhyun Cho, Senior Researcher, Korea Internet Security Center (KrCERT/CC), Korea Information Security Agency (KISA), and Convener, APECTEL Security and Prosperity Steering Group (SPSG), “Telecommunications and Information Working Group Security and Prosperity Steering Group International Cooperation Activities”

Forum Speaker: Stuart Davies, Chief Executive and Managing Director, Telecom Cook Islands Ltd and Representative for Asia Pacific Telecommunity (APT)

Session 11: Wrap-Up, Recommendations and the Way Forward

Forum Session Moderators: Keith Besgrove, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia and Eun-Ju Kim, Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and Pacific

Remarks: Eun-Ju Kim, Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and Pacific, “Wrap-Up, Recommendations and the Way Forward”

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Closing remarks: Keith Besgrove, First Assistant Secretary, Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE), Australia, “DBCDE Closing Remarks” 

Closing remarks: Eun-Ju Kim, Head, ITU Regional Office for Asia and Pacific,  “ITU Closing Remarks”

ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum in Brisbane, Australia, 15-18 July 2008

Contributions

Contributions to the meeting will be posted here.

Any additional contributions can be sent by e-mail to the
ITU-D ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division

Reference Material

Report on Best Practices for a National Approach to Cybersecurity which outlines the Framework for Organizing a National Approach to Cybersecurity (Draft February 2008)

Information on the ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Toolkit (Draft January 2008)