 Herbert BertineITU-T Study Group Former Chair
Herbert Bertine is a former chair of ITU-T Study Group 17 and previously Study Group 7, having served from 1993 to 2008. He has been actively involved in the standards work of the ITU since 1975 and has held senior leadership positions for 28 years. He has devoted extensive efforts in facilitating cooperation with SDOs. Herb also has been active in other arenas dealing with ICT standards including ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 6 and ANSI. He was instrumental in developing the collaborative procedures between ITU-T and JTC 1 (reflected in Rec. A.23) and in establishing the cooperative procedures with the IETF. Herb retired in November 2007. He was Director, Standards at Lucent Technologies where he led Lucent standards efforts worldwide. He joined Bell Laboratories in June 1965 and spent his career in communication technologies. This included systems engineering work on modems, digital data systems, X.25 packet networks, open systems, and advanced communication systems. Since 1982, he had various responsibilities for corporate-wide standards management. In October 2006, Herb was awarded the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Edward Lohse Information Technology Medal for outstanding technical and managerial leadership in establishing international information technology and telecommunications standards and the methods by which they are produced. Herb has a Bachelor of Electrical Engineering degree and a Master of Electrical Engineering degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
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Antonio Kung Chief Executive Officer
Antonio Kung is co-founder of Trialog. With more than 30 years of experience in the field of cyber physical systems and the Internet of Things, he brings expertise and know-how particularly on architecture, interoperability or data security and protection. He was the coordinator of numerous national and European collaborative projects in these fields. He is active in standardisation on the Internet of Things, security and data protection, and the editor of ISO/IEC standards 27550 (published), 27556, 27561 – POMME, 27570 (published), 21823-3, 30149. He became CEO of Trialog in 2018. Antonio has a master degree from Harvard university and an engineering degree from Ecole centrale Paris.
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Zhiyuan Hu WP2 Vice-Chair and Q2 Co-Rapporteur, ITU-T Study Group 17, Security | Director, Security Research, vivo Mobile Communication Co. Ltd
Ms. Zhiyuan Hu got her Ph.D. in computer science in 2002. She worked as a security researcher at Nokia Shanghai Bell Co. Ltd. from 2002 to 2021. Since July 2021, she has worked as Director of Security Research at vivo Mobile Communication Co. Ltd. Dr. Hu was nominated for Vice-Chair of WP2/SG17 (5G, IoT& ITS security) (2021-present), Co-Rapporteur of Q2/SG17 (Security architecture and network security) (2017-present) and Associate Rapporteur of Q2/SG17 (2015-2016). She acted as Chair of OMA (Open Mobile Alliance) security working group (2009-2014) and Vice-Chair of OMA security working group (2007-2008). She also acted as Vice-Chair of CCSA (China Communications Standards Association) TC5 WG5 (Wireless communication security) (2008-2021). She completed to publish more than 20 specifications.
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 Juhee KiITU-T Study Group 17 Q1 Co-Rapporteur | Senior Researcher, Global Cooperation and Standardization R&D Team, IITP, South Korea
Dr. Juhee Ki is a principal researcher at IITP (Institute of Information & communications Technology Planning & Evaluation). She has worked for IITP from 2003, which was established in 1999 as a government organization under the Ministry of Science and ICT to support R&D policy-making, R&D planning & evaluation, and expanding R&D results. She is responsible for ICT Standardization in IITP. She received her Ph. D. degree in 2013 from Korea University, Korea. She had been a visiting scholar at University of California, Davis from August 2014 to July 2016. Her main interests include Public Key Cryptography Application, Privacy & Anonymity and Authentication in the cybersecurity field. She is the Co-Rapporteur of Question 1 of ITU-T Study Group 17 since 2021.
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 Jonghyun KimWP1 Vice-Chair and Q4 Co-Rapporteur, ITU-T Study Group 17, Security | Principal Researcher, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)
Jonghyun Kim began participating in ITU-T SG 17 in 2006 and has actively contributed to the work of SG17 as a core member of security experts for more than 15 years. For the Study Period (2022 – 2024), he has served as a WP1 Vice-Chair and Co-Rapporteur of Question 4/17. He was a researcher with the Samsung Electronics in 1995-1998. He joined the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in 2005. His research interests include Cyber Security, Network Forensics, Cloud Security (SecaaS) and 5G/6G Security.
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 Gillian MakamaraProject Officer, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
Gillian Makamara is a Project Officer in the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (TSB) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) where she supports the development of international standards on Cybersecurity in ITU-T Study Group 17 and on Performance, quality of service (QoS) and quality of experience (QoE) in ITU-T Study Group 12. Gillian also contributes to ITU's work in the fields of quantum communications. Gillian holds degrees in Telecommunication Engineering from the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT) and the University of Liverpool.
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 Honey MakolaManager, Cybersecurity, The Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
Honey Makola is an accomplished policy and regulatory professional with over a decade of experience in research and development. Currently serving as a Manager within the Policy Research and Analysis Division at the Independent Communications Authority of South Africa (ICASA), She oversees the Cybersecurity business unit, driving innovative solutions in the dynamic landscape of policy and regulation. Her expertise lies in dissecting complex legislative frameworks, policies, and directives, enabling her to extract actionable insights that drive informed decision-making. Adept at crafting contributions to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), she has played a pivotal role in addressing critical issues such as Internet-related public policy, Cybersecurity, and Child Online Protection.
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 Yutaka MiyakeDirector, Information and Security Department, KDDI Research, Inc.
Dr. Yutaka Miyake has been engaged in the research on high-speed communication protocol and secure communication system at the KDD R&D Laboratories and KDDI Research, Inc. He is currently a director of Information System and Security Department in KDDI Research Inc. He began participating in ITU-T SG 17 in 2005 and has been actively contributing to its activities as information security expert. He is a vice chair of ITU-T SG17, and a chair of WP2/SG17.
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 Jae Hoon NahITU-T Study Group 17 WP4 Chair & Rapporteur | Special Fellow Researcher, Security Research Laboratory, ETRI, South Korea
He began participating in ITU-T SG 17 in 2005. For the two Study Periods (2009 – 2012, 2013-2016), he served as a Rapporteur of Question 7/17 (Secure Application Services). He has been a Project Editor or Co-editor for 8 approved ITU-T Recommendations or agreed Supplements in the area of P2P (Peer-to-Peer) security, IPTV security, Web security, authentication protocol. From 1987, he has worked as a researcher for ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunication Research Institute), Republic of Korea. He is currently a special fellow researcher of Security Research Laboratory in ETRI. He had developed wired/mobile call processing software of a digital switching machine (TDX-10 ISDN, TDX-ATM) from 1987 to 2000. And He had developed security protocols and standards of secure P2P services, scalable code of IPTV security, Mashup Web security and enhanced attribute-aggregated authentication from 2001.
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 Heung Ryong OhITU-T Study Group 17 Q2 Co-rapporteur | Chief Researcher, Standardization Division, TTA (Telecommunications Technology Association), South Korea
He is working as a researcher for the standardization division of the TTA, Korea from February 2004. He is responsible for domestic standards for information security in TTA. He began participating in ITU-T SG17 in 2004 and has served an associate rapporteur of Q2 from 2009 to 2016, a co-rapporteur of Q2 in ITU-T SG17 since 2017. He received a Bachelor degree in 2002 (Electronics Engineering), a Master degree in 2004, and a Ph.D. degree in 2018, all in Information security from Soonchunhyang University, South Korea.
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 Anthony Michael RutkowskiCentre for Internet Security, Netmagic Associates LLC
Tony Rutkowski is an engineer-lawyer with an extremely diverse, sixty-year professional career spanning the telecommunication, mobile, internet, satellite, and broadcasting fields in the U.S. and Europe where he has shaped major technical and legal developments in senior governmental, company, and academic leadership positions at international, national, and local levels. Over the past two decades, his roles have been focused on significant international and U.S. Federal network security initiatives relating to cybersecurity, infrastructure protection, extraterritorial security law, and lawful interception for new networks and services. Currently, as the CEO of Netmagic Associates LLC, he provides technical and regulatory analytical and consulting services to a few entities that include the Center for Internet Security. He engages actively in a broad array of governmental and industry security forums – largely internationally. Over the past several years, he has assumed rapporteur responsibilities in the ETSI Cyber Security Technical Committee for a number of major specifications and reports and served as an ENISA consultant. Over the past 20 years, he assumed rapporteur responsibilities in the ETSI Lawful Interception Technical Committee and chair of the OASIS LegalXML LI Technical Committee. He continues to serve as the liaison among multiple international network security bodies. He also writes extensively in multiple professional publications and speaks on network security related developments and history
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 Duncan Sparrell CISSP, CSSLP, CCSKChief Cyber Curmudgeon, sFractal Consulting
Duncan's mission is to make the world a safer place. He has 45+ years of expertise in conceiving, developing, and delivering state-of-the-art software platforms. He has been involved in cybersecurity since 1990 and retired as AT&T's Chief Security Architect. Currently, Duncan enjoys a semi-retired status while serving on various boards, including OASIS Open. He volunteers most of his time to cybersecurity-standards organizations including chairing the OASIS OpenC2 TC and the Open Cybersecurity Alliance Cybersecurity Automation Sub-Project. He has been advocating software bill of materials (SBOM) literally for decades. Duncan has been contributing to the ITU since 1980 including roles as editor, rapporteur, and Working Party Chair. He has served on the ITU Kaleidoscope Technical Program Committee for many years. He was awarded the US Intelligence Community Seal Medallion (1994), the AT&T Science and Technology Medal (2010), and the OASIS Distinguished Contributor Award (2021). He holds 18 patents, authored numerous papers, is an IEEE Senior Member, and is a Guest Editor of this month's IEEE Communications Magazine on telecom policy. Duncan's tagline is "Think evilly, act ethically".
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 Arnaud TaddeiCEO, Vice-chair, ITU-T Study Group 17, Security | Broadcom
Mr. Arnaud Taddei is a Global Security Strategist at Symantec by Broadcom. He is an executive advisor on Security Strategy and Transformation for the top 150 Symantec customers. As part of his mission, M. Taddei participates in specific Standardization Defining Organizations and in particular, was elected ITU-T SG17 Vice Chair representing the UK and works at the IETF. He started his career in 1993 at the famous CERN IT Division in Geneva which created the World Wide Web and where he led the team responsible for Communication, Authentication and Authorization. In 2000, he joined Sun Microsystems where he became one of the 100 elected global Principle Engineers. In 2007 he joined Symantec and hold Chief Architect roles up to Director of Research as direct report to Dr. Hugh Thompson, Symantec’s CTO and actual RSA Conference Chair. Graduated as Telecom Engineer from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunication de Bretagne, France, M. Taddei owns a DEA with INRIA, which led him to the Institute of Control Sciences, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow in 1992.
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 Xiaoya YangITU-T Study Group 17 Counselor
Xiaoya Yang serves as the Counselor of ITU-T Study Group 17 ‘security’ since 2017. With 20+ years of professional experience in telecommunication regulation, legislation and international standardization and coordination, she was the Head of the WTSA Programmes Division in the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-TSB) from 2010 to 2016, Co-counsellor of ITU-T Study Group 2 on 'Operational aspects of service provision and telecommunications management' and Study Group 3 on 'Tariff and accounting principles including related telecommunication economic and policy issues' from 2009 to 2010; Counselor of ITU-T Study Group 17 on 'Telecommunication security' from 2007 to 2008; and Workshop Project Coordinator from 2004 to 2006. Before joining ITU, she worked in the Ministry of Information Industry of China from 1998 to 2004. There she was the Division Director responsible for regulation of Internet and information security. From 1997 to 1998 she worked in China Telecom as a network engineer and service manager in their Internet service department. She has a M.S. in Computer Science from Tsinghua University, China and a MBA from Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
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 Heung Youl Youm Chair, ITU-T Study Group 17, Security | Professor, Department of Information Security Engineering, Soonchunhyang University, Korea (Republic of)
He is Chair of ITU-T SG17 (Security). He is working as a professor for the Department of Information Security Engineering of the Soonchunhyang University, Korea from September 1990. He is currently the Director of SCH Cybersecurity Research Centre from Dec. 2013. He was a Commissioner for Personal Information Protection Commission from August 2020 to August 2023. He began participating in ITU-T SG 17 in 2003 and has actively contributed to the work of SG17 as a core member of security experts. He was an associate Rapporteur of SG 17 Question 10/17 from 2003 to 2004. For the Study Period (2005 – 2008), he served as a Rapporteur of Question 9/17. He was a Vice Chair of ITU-T Study Group 17 from 2009 to 2016. He was a Chair of Working Party 2 (Application Security) of SG17 for the Study Period (2009–2012) and was a Chair of Working Party 3 (Identity management and cloud computing security) of SG17 for the Study Period (2013–2016). He has been a Project Editor for many approved ITU-T Recommendations or agreed Supplements in DLT security, authentication/application protocols, de-identification techniques, USN/IoT security, 5G security, and cybersecurity. He is a Chair for the ISMS/PIMS certification committee in Korea since 2007, and a Board director for Korea Information/Security agency from May 2020. He was a member of advisory committee to the Korea national security office for the Office of the President, Republic of Korea from October 2018 to May 2022, a president of KIISC (Korea Institute on information security and cryptology) in 2011 and is an emeritus president of KIISC. He had worked for ETRI as a senior research engineer from 1982 to 1990. He had been involved in developing high speed transmission system. He had been involved in many (advisory or self-performance evaluation) committees for the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) from 2008 to 2016, the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (MSIP) from 2013 to 2017, the Ministry of Industry and Energy (MoTIE) from 2015 to 2017, Ministry of Science and ICT from 2017. He had been involved in self-performance evaluation) committees for the Ministry of Science and ICT since 2017 to 2019. He had been the chair for the committee on information security in the PyeongChang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games from January 2015 to May 2018. He received a bachelor’s degree in 1981, a Master degree in 1983, and a Ph.D. degree in 1990, all in Electronics Engineering from Hanyang University, Korea.
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 Kai Rannenberg
Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security, Goethe University Frankfurt
Kai Rannenberg holds the Chair of Mobile Business & Multilateral Security at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2002 and a Visiting Professorship at the National Institute for Informatics (Tokyo, Japan) since 2012. Until 2002, he was working with the System Security Group at Microsoft Research Cambridge on „Personal Security Devices & Privacy Technologies“. 1993-1999 Kai coordinated the interdisciplinary “Kolleg Security in Communication Technology", sponsored by Gottlieb Daimler & Karl Benz Foundation researching Multilateral Security. In parallel he did his PhD at Freiburg University on IT Security Evaluation Criteria and the protection of users and subscribers. Before Kai had completed an Informatics-Diploma (Master) at TU Berlin with a focus on privacy, security, and distributed and real-time systems. Since 1991 Kai is active in ISO/IEC standardization in JTC 1/SC 27/WG 3 “Security evaluation criteria". 2007 he became Convenor of SC 27/WG 5 “Identity management and privacy technologies". 2015/16 Kai Rannenberg served as the Chair of the Strategic Advisory Group on Industry 4.0/Smart manufacturing of the ISO Technical Management Board. Since 2021 Kai is the IFIP Honorary Treasurer; before he was an IFIP Vice President since 2015 and an IFIP Councillor since 2009. Since 2014 he is Chair of the IFIP Publications Committee and Editor-in-chief of the IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology published with Springer. From 2007 till 2013 Kai chaired IFIP TC-11 “Security and Privacy Protection in Information Processing Systems", after having been its Vice-Chair since 2001. Kai is also active in the Council of European Professional Informatics Societies (CEPIS) serving in its Board of Directors since 2019 and as its Deputy President since 2023. Moreover he is chairing its Legal & Security Issues (LSI) Expert Group since 2003. 2004 till 2013 Kai served as the academic expert in the Management Board of the European Network and Information Security Agency and from 2013 till 2022 in ENISA's Advisory Group (till 2019 named Permanent Stakeholder Group). Kai has been coordinating several leading EU research projects, e.g. the Network of Excellence “Future of Identity in the Information Society" and the Integrated Project “Attribute based Credentials for Trust" (ABC4Trust). Kai has been coordinating several leading EU research projects, e.g. the Network of Excellence “Future of Identity in the Information Society", the Integrated Project “Attribute based Credentials for Trust" (ABC4Trust) and CyberSec4Europe, a pilot for the European Cybersecurity Competence Network the EU is aiming for. Currently he is coordinating CyberSecPro, a project to advance competencies and professionalism in EU cybersecurity. Kai's awards include the IFIP Silver Core, the Alcatel SEL Foundation Dissertation Award and the Friedrich-August-von-Hayek-Preis of Freiburg University and Deutsche Bank. His research interests include: mobile and embedded systems and Multilateral Security in e.g. M-Business, LBS, transport systems, and industrial applications; privacy and identity management, especially attribute based authorisation; communication infrastructures and devices, e.g. personal security assistants and services and; security and privacy standardisation, evaluation, and certification.
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 Cynthia LesufiITU Minister Council and African Coordinator for ITU Activities in Geneva.
Cynthia Lesufi studied law at the University of North-West, Mafikeng, and Master of Arts in ICT Policy and Regulations at the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. She also did a Post Graduate Diploma in Management Practices at Henley Business School, Africa. In addition, she obtained a Certificate in Telecommunications Policy, Regulation and Management from Wits Business School. Cynthia is a seasoned Policy and Regulatory Development Manager with over 15 years of experience in the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector. In her current role in the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (DCDT) she is responsible for key areas such as developing and implementing ICTs communications strategies and policies and stakeholder relations engagements. She is the current ITU Minister Council and African Coordinator for ITU Activities in Geneva. Cynthia has been privileged to be one of the key members of the national delegations to supra-national conferences of the Southern African Development Community (SADC), African Telecommunications Union (ATU), United Nations (UN) and International Telecommunications Union (ITU). She has actively participated in and led the preparation of contribution documents to conferences in the form of South African position papers for developing a global policy framework on emerging technologies. She has participated inseveral ITU council meetings and ITU study groups and working group meetings. She was also a panellist for WISIS Forum 22 session on ICTs Access and Affordability in Developing Countries for Digital Inclusion. She also participates actively in developing and implementing national digital policies, policy direction and legislation. She has led the development process of the Draft National Data and Cloud Policy that is due to be finalised. Cynthia is highly skilled in effectively communicating national and regional government policy positions in multilateral and bilateral relations at international fora. She is experienced in engaging with complex stakeholders within SADC and the African continent for purposes of lobbying for and developing common regional positions and proposals for international conferences. Her experience includes managing sizeable teams, project management, leading ICT policy formulation and implementation, and stakeholder engagement across the public and private sectors, academia, and civil society. She has vast experience in involvement and working with multilateral and international organisations. In addition, Cynthia is experienced in fostering inter-departmental and country collaboration and cooperation in the implementation and monitoring of the ITU’s resolutions, recommendations, and international treaties.
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 Siphokazi NovukuzaDirector, Cybersecurity, Department of Communications and Digital Technologies
Siphokazi Novukuza has over 11 years’ experience in the ICT and Cybersecurity Industry. She has a full appreciation and understanding of how to manage the Information and Communications Technology environment in this converged era of technology. Currently serving as a Director in the Cybersecurity Operations Directorate at the Department of Communications and Digital Technologies (Cybersecurity Hub) in South Africa where she is responsible for the national cybersecurity mandate and the management of the national Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT). Her expertise lies in developing cybersecurity operations framework in order to develop a cyber inspectorate, digital forensics, provide guidance and leadership on matters of the Cybersecurity Operations. She plays a crucial role in addressing critical issues such as Cybersecurity, stakeholder engagements to threat and incident information exchange, and Child Online Protection, and has led as a focal point in reviewing the GCI in South Africa for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), partake in crafting contributions to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
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