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2021 INDIA-ITU JOINT CYBERDRILL FOR INDIAN ENTITIES
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) aims to improve the cybersecurity readiness, protection, and incident response capabilities of Member States by conducting CyberDrills at the national and regional level. This event where cyber-attacks, information security incidents, and other disruptions are simulated, help to test an organization’s cyber capabilities. Over the past ten years, ITU has held over thirty CyberDrills partnering with more than 100 countries committed to improving cybersecurity at both national and global levels.
While ITU CyberDrills are generally held face to face, the first edition of the India-ITU Joint CyberDrill for Indian Entities was held remotely and aimed to bring together the cybersecurity community, especially India’s CNIs (Critical National Infrastructures), operators in order to meet the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This 2021 India-ITU joint CyberDrill for Indian entities emphasized the role of national Computer Incident and Response Teams (CIRTs) and Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) in building cyber resilience and protecting critical information infrastructure.
TRAINING
One Regional Meeting (Reflect & Share): Featured speakers included cybersecurity leaders from the government and regional organizations etc. sharing best practices and lessons learned around critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP).
The two focus topics for this regional meeting were:
- Emerging technologies, threats and way forward
- Public-private Cooperation & Information Sharing in Combating Cyber Attacks in India
14:00 - 14:10 IST
| Opening remarks
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14:10 - 14:30 IST
| Inagural
• Mr K Rajaraman, Chairman-Digital Communications Commission & Secretary Department of Telecommunications
Keynote
• Dr Sanjay Bahl, Director General, Indian Computer Emergency Team(CERT-In)
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14:30 - 15:30 IST
| Panel 1: Emerging Technologies
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15:30 - 16:30 IST
| Panel 2: Public-private Cooperation & Information Sharing in Combating Cyber Attacks in India
• Mr. S K Bhalla, DDG( Telecom Security), National Telecom Institute of Policy, Research , Innovation & Training
Moderator: Mr R Shakya, Deputy Director General, International Relations, Department of Telecommunications |
Day 2
Two Training Sessions (Learn):
ITU conducted two parallel training sessions, chosen from the following topics. It was split into two tracks: a Technical Track, and a Management Track.
| Technical Track Session
| Management Track Session
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14:00 - 15:30 IST
| Session One: Threat intelligence & incident response
Trainers
• Adam Heslop, Cyber Threat Intelligence Consultant SecAlliance • Eric Barnes, Threat Intelligence Consultant SecAlliance | Session One :Cyber incident simulation for decision makers
Trainer
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15:30 - 16:00 IST
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BREAK
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16:00 - 17:30 IST
| Session Two: Vulnerability management & penetration testing
Trainer: • Tejinder Singh, CEO and Principal Consultant, Electrinium Technologies | Session Two :National Cyber Risk Assessment for Critical National Infrastructure
Trainer: |
Day 3 & Day 4
Three Scenario-Based Exercises (Practice): Exercises are one of the highlights of the ITU Cyberdrill and are open to National/Government CIRTs/CSIRTs and CNIs operators, as well as Academia.
Participating entities were represented by teams of two to four people and took place over two days, with intermediate to advanced level of technical understanding.
