Action Line C5: Importance of measurement in Cybersecurity
International Telecommunications Union (ITU)
Session 233
In the reality of a progressively connected world, where the internet, ICT enabled services, devices and emerging technologies are becoming an essential part of economies worldwide, cybersecurity plays a critical role.
To ensure a safe, resilient and secure digital environment, Member States need to operate within a complex ecosystem, which involves cross-cutting issues, from technical to policy, to international cooperation.
To better understand the actual status of nations’ commitment to cybersecurity it is important to measure and assess the efforts undertaken by countries, as well as the level of preparedness to properly respond to threat from the various angles.
The session will provide an opportunity to discuss the importance of measuring cybersecurity capacity, through data collection, analysis and research, in order to identify good practices and lessons learned in support of policy and decision-making processes.
The session will feature panelists from the private sector, international organizations and research institutions who will provide an overview on existing work and identify possible ways forward.
Moderator
Kemal Huseinovic, Chief of the Infrastructure, Enabling Environment and E-Applications Department, ITU
Speakers/Panellists
Eman Abdullah Aldulaym, National Cybersecurity Authority, Saudi Arabia
Giampiero Nanni, Government Affairs - EMEA, Symantec
Dr. Eva Nagyfejeo, Research Fellow, The Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre, University of Oxford
Xiaoya Yang, Councillor, ITU-T SG17
Ibrahim Malick, Manager, Fortinet
Oleg Demidov, Researcher, Security and Technology Programme, UNIDIR
Session's link to WSIS Action Lines
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C5. Building confidence and security in the use of ICTs
The session is a WSIS Action Line C5 Facilitation Meeting
Session's link to Sustainable Development Process
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Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere
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Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture
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Goal 3: Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
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Goal 4: Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all
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Goal 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
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Goal 6: Ensure access to water and sanitation for all
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Goal 7: Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all
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Goal 8: Promote inclusive and sustainable economic growth, employment and decent work for all
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Goal 9: Build resilient infrastructure, promote sustainable industrialization and foster innovation
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Goal 10: Reduce inequality within and among countries
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Goal 11: Make cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable
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Goal 12: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
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Goal 13: Take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts
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Goal 14: Conserve and sustainably use the oceans, seas and marine resources
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Goal 15: Sustainably manage forests, combat desertification, halt and reverse land degradation, halt biodiversity loss
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Goal 16: Promote just, peaceful and inclusive societies
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Goal 17: Revitalize the global partnership for sustainable development
ICTs are pivotal to moving the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda forward. However, to unleash the full potential of ICTs, we need to ensure an adequate level of security based on which connected communities can benefit and thrive.
Building Trust and Confidence in ICTs is, therefore, vital to achieving the SDGs. This session will dive deep into this topic to explore the importance of measuring a nation's cybersecurity capacity, through data collection, analysis and research, in order to support policy and decision-making processes that drive progress on the 2030 Agenda.