ITU says framework could be ready by 2009 to tackle Cybersecurity

GENEVA, Oct 5 (KUNA) -- At the conclusion of a meeting on the Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Secretary-General Dr. Hamadoun Toure said Friday that he hopes by 2009 there will be a real common framework to adopt globally and nationally to tackle Cybersecurity. He added that by May 2008 there will be a first report and recommendations from the working groups on Cybersecurity which he will in turn present to the ITU Council in September. There is in existence a convention on Cybercrime which 21 countries have ratified and 22 others have signed since 2001 when it came into existence. The Geneva meeting was in the form of High Level Experts from the governments of Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, China, Estonia, Germany, India, Indonesia , Italy, Japan, Malaysia , Morocco, Russian Federation, South Africa, Switzerland, USA .
It was also attended by representatives from African Telecommunication Union, Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Telecommunications (ApecTel), UMTS Forum, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), Council of Europe, Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR), International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).
Senior Industry experts from Bitek International, CISCO, Intel Corporation, Microsoft, and Verisign attended the meeting as did academic and research institutions. (end) hn.ajs KUNA 051932 Oct 07NNNN