- 1. CYBER SECURITY FORUM 2010 P resentation by: Dr. Ekwow
Spio-Garbrah CEO, CTO London, UK June 17, 2010
2. CTO: 100 Years of ICT Experience
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- 1901: Pacific Cable Board: an ICT infrastructure
consortium
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- 1930s-70s: Accounting Rates Settlement Organisation
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- 1960s on: Owned by Telcos of newly Independent states
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- 1975-PresentCapacity Building and Training for Telco
professionals
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- Newly createdregulators joined in the mid-90s and after
2,000
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- 2002:Constitution converted it into an inter-governmental
organisation
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- Simultaneously owned by governments , regulators, ICT
companies, suppliers and other stakeholders, Commonwealth and
non-Commonwealth. Focus now broadly on ICTs, especially using
PPPPs.
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- Today, Cybersecurity is one of key issues for CTO
3. CTO Membership structure
- Full Member Countries (FMC)
- All Commonwealth countries are considered members
- But those that contribute to the Management Budget are
consideredFull Members
- FMCs appoint members to the CTO Council
- Open to Non-Commonwealth countries, territories and ICT
entities
- Around 70 Sector Members including operators and industry
partners
- Rwanda was a CTO Sector Member before joining the
Commonwealth
- Government of Southern Sudan is currently a Sector Member
4. Mission
- Offer the highest quality programmes for capacity development,
knowledge sharing and information services
- Expand and diversify the partnerships between governments,
businesses and other organisations to reduce global poverty and
achieve the MDGsfor ICT
- Help bridge the digital and knowledge divide in the five key
sectors of food & agriculture (e-nutrition), education
(distance learning), health (telemedicine), e-government and
e-commerce
- Facilitate the successful development of ICTs to support
socio-economic development objectives of member governments
- Assist stakeholders to tackle challenges of ICT development of
which Cybersecurity is of primary concern
5. What we do
- National and regional ICT Policy Planning programmes
- Training and capacity building in policy, regulation,technology
and business development
- Advisory and consultancy services
- International and regional conferences and seminars
- Information and publication services
- Range of support services, including dispute resolutionand
international recruitment support
- Special Focus on Universal Access and Rural Communications
- Created African Universal Service and Access Agencies
Association
- Launching 2010 Commonwealth Telecom Dev Fund (CTDF)
6. Global Cybersecurity Agenda
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- The Global Cybersecurity Agenda: launched 2007 by ITU
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- The CTO took part as member of the High Level Experts
Group
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- GCA was built on five pillars:
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- Legal (Legislative &Regulatory) Measures
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- Technical (Standardisation) Measures
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- Organisational Structures (esp. in-country)
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- International Cooperation
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- After one year of deliberations, the GCA issued a report in
August 2008 with important recommendations
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- This CTO Cyber Security Forum facilitates Harmonisation
7. CTO & Cybersecurity
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- CTO promotes ICT-enabling Governments, Companies &
Societies
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- Without Robust Cybersecurity Frameworks, there is great risks
to Governments, Companies, Communities, & Individuals, and
prospects for ICTs to help create a global village
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- How Can Stakeholders Collaborate To Give Sufficient attention
to Cyber- Security??
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- What can organisations such as the CTO do?
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- We can Undertake Research and Study Specific Aspects
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- We can help in Advocacy Programmes
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- We can Advise Governments, Companies and other entities
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- We can Help to Build capacity and to train professionals
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- We can Facilitate Knowledge Sharing and Best Practices
8. Cybersecurity Forum 2010
- Based on the CTOs mandate, core competencies and its unique
network of policy makers, regulators and operators, the event aims
to:
- Create awareness of the many facets of Cyber Threats
- Alert stakeholders of the need for robust Cybersecurity
frameworks
- Build capacity of key decision makers to improve
Cybersecurity
- Promote best-practice & international cooperation in
Cybersecurity
- Facilitate PPP partnerships (4Ps) between different
stakeholders, to enable the flow of information, expertise and
resources
9. Future activities
- Following this Forum, the CTO plans to:
- Act as a platform to disseminate information and to facilitate
interactionson the subject
- Build elements of Cybersecurity into CTOs work programme
- Gain the ownership of our stakeholders for this Forum,
including the Governing Council
- Continue to evangelize on relevant topics
- Make the Cybersecurity Forum an annual event, in London or
elsewhere
10. Invitation & Conclusion
- Consider partnering with the CTO in aspects of your
operations
- Consider becoming a CTO member: enjoy all the benefits
- Help us develop Training Content on Cyber-Security & offer
Courses
- Work with Us in Joint Programmes to Advise our Members
- Help Us in Advocacy Programmes with Law makers, etc
- Enjoy the Networking Opportunities Afforded by this Forum
- Find out who is doing what when and how in Cyber-Security
- Take part in any continuing interactions through the CTO
- Attend next years and future CTO Cybersecurity Forums
- And please visit our website atwww.cto.int
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