Cybersecurity:
Cyberthreats
19 May 2009,
14:30 -
16:00
ITU Headquarters, Room B1
Today,
the information society has become an
integral part of modern societies,
propelling the end user to the forefront
of communication. Concurrently,
sophisticated cyber threats persist and
are constantly evolving. The
vulnerabilities of ICTs have inevitably
become a lure to cyber espionage,
terrorism and warfare, posing serious
threats to critical information
infrastructure and to vulnerable groups
such as children. The global and
borderless nature of these threats and
vulnerabilities require an international
response and can only be adequately
addressed through international
cooperation.
At the
World Summit on the Information Society
(WSIS), world leaders entrusted ITU to
take the lead in coordinating
international efforts in building
confidence and security in the use of
ICTs, as the sole Facilitator of Action
Line C5, “Building confidence and
security in the use of ICTs”. For this
reason, on 17 May 2007, ITU
Secretary-General launched the Global
Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) to provide a
framework within which an international
response to the growing threats and
challenges can be coordinated and
addressed. The GCA strives to engage all
relevant stakeholders in a concerted
effort to build confidence and security
in the information society. To provide
concrete activities towards curbing
cyber threats at the global level, ITU
and IMPACT entered into a formal
collaboration dedicated to enhancing the
global community’s capacity to prevent,
defend and respond to cyber threats.
Moderator: Ms Jody Westby, CEO, Global Cyber Risk LLC
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Dr.
Hamadoun Toure, Secretary-General, ITU
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Mr. Al
Basheer Al Morshid, Director of the
ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau
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H.E.
Mr Abbasov Ali, Minister, Ministry
of Communications and Information
Technologies, Azerbaijan
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Mr.
Mohd Noor Amin, Chairman, Management
Board,
International Multilateral Partnership
Against Cyber-Threats (‘IMPACT’)
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Mr.
Randy Ramusack, United Nations
Technology Officer, Microsoft
Corporation
Please note
that English <-> French interpretation will
be available for this meeting.
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