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2009 ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Americas

“Connecting the World Responsibly”

Forum Presentations

The presentations made during the ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Americas can be found below. 

 

Monday
23 November 2009

Welcome: Dario Cordero, Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic

Welcome Address: Dr. José Rafael Vargas, Secretary of State and President of Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic (Welcome Address)(Slides: “Conectando al Mundo Responsablemente”)

Opening Remarks: Juan Zavattiero, Head, ITU Americas Regional Office, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) (Welcome Address)

Session 1: Towards an Integrated Approach for Cybersecurity and Critical Information Infrastructure Protection

Session Moderator: Souheil Marine, Head, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)

Presentation: Souheil Marine, Head, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D), “An Overview of ITU Activities in the Area of Cybersecurity

Presentation: Graciela Piedras, Senior Telecommunications Specialist, Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL), Organization of American States (OAS) “CITEL: Promoviendo Cooperación en Ciberseguridad y Protección de la Infraestructura Crítica

Presentation: Alberto Bolaña Wittenberger, Senior Consultant, Regional Programme Office in Panama (ROPAN), United Nations Organization for Drugs and Crime (UNODC), “Fortalecimiento de los equipos de investigación en las actividades de los Ministerios Públicos, “The strengthening of the investigation teams in the activities of the Public Ministries

Presentation: Jaime Ansieta, Criminal Intelligence Officer, Financial and High Tech Crime Sub-Directorate, INTERPOL, “INTERPOL's Cyber Center

Session 2: Cybersecurity in the National Agenda and Actions to be Considered in Developing a National Cybersecurity Strategy

Session Moderator: José A. Rizek, Telecommunications Advisor to the Executive Branch, Office of the President, Dominican Republic

Presentation: Cesar Augusto Torres López, Director de Acceso y Desarrollo Social, Ministerio de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones, Colombia, “Ciberseguridad: Iniciativas en Colombia 

Presentation: César Moliné Rodríguez, Asesor Legal en las áreas de Comercio Electrónico, Firma Digital, y Sociedad de la Información, Legal Counsel for Electronic Commerce, Digital Signature, and the Information Society, Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic, “Estrategia Dominicana de Cibersecuridad 

Presentation: Belisario Contreras, Assistant Project Manager - Cyber Security, Inter-American Committee against Terrorism (CICTE), Organization of American States (OAS), “Esfuerzos del CICTE-OEA Para Fortalecer la Seguridad Cibernética en las Américas 

Presentation: Joseph Richardson, Consultant to ITU, “Fundamentals of Cybersecurity/CIIP The Role of a National Cybersecurity Strategy and National Self-Assessment

Session 3: Defining Sound Organizational Structures and Developing Incident Management Capabilities

Session Moderator: Juan Antonio Delgado, Member of the Board of Directors, Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic

Presentation: Michael Lewis, Consultant to ITU, “Building Watch, Warning and Incident Response Capability  

Presentation: Georges Sebek, Counsellor for ITU-T Study Group 17, ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) “Cybersecurity, ITU-T Standards and Initiatives: Implementation of ITU WTSA-08 Resolution 58 on the Creation of National Computer Incident Response Teams for Developing Countries  

Presentation:  Anuj Singh, Director, Global Response Center (GRC), International Multilateral Partnership for Cyber Threats (IMPACT), “Global Response Center (GRC) and CIRT Lite 

Session 4: Capacity Building and International Cooperation

Session Moderator: Souheil Marine, Head, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)

Presentation: Jorge Navarro, Consultant, Mexico, “Panorama Regulatorio en la Región”  

Presentation: Souheil Marine, Head, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D), “An Insight Into ITU’s Child Online Protection (COP) Initiative 

Presentation: María José Cantarino de Frías, Responsabilidad Corporativa, Corporate Responsibility, Telefónica, S.A., “Creación de Capacidades y Cooperación Internacional: Contexto y Datos de Latam 

Presentation: Anuj Singh, Director, Global Response Center (GRC), International Multilateral Partnership for Cyber Threats (IMPACT) and Elina Noor, Senior Policy Analyst, Centre for Policy and International Cooperation, International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT), “An Overview of International Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT)  

Tuesday
24 November 2009

Working Group Sessions 1 and 2: Developing A National Cybersecurity Strategy

Trainer: Joseph Richardson, Consultant to ITU

Training material based on the ITU National Cybersecurity/CIIP Self-Assessment Tool and resources for developing a national cybersecurity strategy:

Fundamentals of Cybersecurity/CIIP Building Capacity: Using a National Strategy and Self-Assessment

Working Group Sessions 3 and 4: Legal Measures on Cybersecurity

Trainer: Marco Gercke, Lecturer, University of Cologne, Germany

Training material based on the ITU Publication on Understanding Cybercrime: A Guide for Developing Countries and the ITU Toolkit of Cybercrime Legislation

Wednesday
25 November 2009

Working Group Session 3: Implementing Organizational Structures and Incident Management Capabilities

Trainers: Michael Lewis, Consultant to ITU and Anuj Singh, Director, Global Response Center (GRC), International Multilateral Partnership for Cyber Threats (IMPACT)

Training Material Michael Lewis, “Background on Watch, Warning and Incident Response

Training Material Anuj Singh, “IMPACT Services for Effective Watch, Warning and Incident Response”

 

Forum Wrap-Up, Recommendations and the Way Forward

Closing Remarks: Joelle Exarhakos, Executive Director, Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic

Closing Remarks: Souheil Marine, Head, ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division, ITU Telecommunication Development Sector (ITU-D)

Closing Remarks: Juan Zavattiero, Head, ITU Americas Regional Office, International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

 

Additional Reference Material for the ITU Regional Cybersecurity Forum for Americas, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, 23-25 November 2009:

 

Any additional contributions can be sent by e-mail to the
ITU-D ICT Applications and Cybersecurity Division

 

 

 

Forum Details  
Date: 23-25 November 2009
Location: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
This regional cybersecurity forum is hosted by the Instituto Dominicano de las Telecomunicaciones (INDOTEL), Dominican Republic



 

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