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ASEAN-ITU 2022 CyberDrill



BACKGROUND

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 helps to test an organization’s cyber capabilities. 

Over the past ten years, ITU has held thirty-four CyberDrills, involving more than 120 countries committed to improving cybersecurity at both national and  global levels.  ITU CyberDrills are hosted at the global, regional, and national levels.  

The ITU-ASEAN CyberDrill was held fully virtually and aims to bring together the cybersecurity community throughout the region while fostering international cooperation. It will emphasize the role of national Computer Incident Response Teams (CIRTs), Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs), and Computer Emergency Response Teams (CERTs), in building cyber resilience and protecting critical information infrastructure.

This Cyberdrill was organized with support from the ITU-Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts (DITRDCA, Government of Australia) project.


OBJECTIVES​


The 2022 ITU-ASEAN CyberDrill will tailor event sessions around four thematic concepts​: ​







  • Reflect: Bring together the global cybersecurity community to review major regional cybersecurity trends and consider improvements based on the five pillars of ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) and The Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI). 
  • Share: Promote knowledge sharing of beneficial communication networks, and exchange funding stream resources.​
  • Learn: Build capacit​​​y for the CSIRT communities within incident response and critical information infrastructure protection (CIIP).
  • Practice: Test operational resiliency key concepts acros​s CSIRT/CIRT/CERT community.​

TRAINING



05 December 2022
06 December 2022
07 December 2022
08 December 2022
09 December 2022


09:30 - 12:45 (BKK) (GMT +7)
09:00 - 15:30 (BKK) (GMT +7)
10:00 - 16:30 (BKK) (GMT +7)
09:30 - 16:00 (BKK) (GMT +7)
09:30 - 16:00 (BKK) (GMT +7)



Spe​akers​​

Live
Captioning
Arch​ive




Registration for Day 1
Days 2-3 and Days 4-5 are by invite only​


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Remote participation Registered user only


AGENDA


Day 1 Regional Meeting (Reflect and Share)
Featured speakers included cybersecurity leaders from the government, international and regional organizations, and other stakeholders. They will share best practices and lessons learned around cybersecurity. 
The three focus topics for this regional meeting will be:
  • State of Cybersecurity in ASEAN
  • Cooperation between CIRTs and Law Enforcement in ASEAN

5 December

​09:30 - 09:50 ​​(BKK)
Opening remarks​
09:50 - 10:00 (BKK)
Group Photo
10:00 - 11:15 (BKK)
Panel 1: State of Cybersecurity in ASEAN
Moderator: Ms. Caroline Troein, Cybersecurity Lead Researcher, ITU
11:15 - 12:30 (BKK)
Panel 2: Cooperation between CIRTs and Law Enforcement in ASEAN

Moderator: Akvile Giniotiene, Head of Cyber and New Technologies Unit, UN Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT)

​12:30 - 12:45 (BKK)
Day 1 Concluding Remarks​

Day 2-3 Training Sessions (Learn)
ITU conducted two sequential training sessions. It will be split into two tracks: a Management Track and a Training Track.
Additionally, a co-located ASEAN CERTs Sharing Session will also be held on 6 December, organized by SingCERT.

6 December  
Co-Located Session
09:00 - 11:00 (BKK)
Co-Located Session - ASEAN CERT Sharing Session
  • SingCERT ​
11:00 - 12:30 (BKK)
Break
6 December 
Management Track 
​12:30 - 13:30 (BKK)
Management Track Training Session 1: Threat Intelligence
​13:30 - 15:30 (BKK)
Management Track Training Session 2: Implementing AI and Machine Learning to Improve Cybersecurity 

7 December  
Technical Track
10:00 - 11:00 (BKK)
Technical Track Training Session 1: Knowledge Sharing Session on Ransomware Mitigation
  • Mr. Marwan Ben Rached​, Cybersecurity Coordinator, ITU
  • Mr. Jorge Merchán, Especialista del CSIRT, Corporación Ecuatoriana para el Desarrollo de la Investigación y la Academia (CEDIA), Ecuador
  • Ms. Paula Brenes Ramírez, Director, Digital Governance, Ministry of Science, Innovation, Technology and Telecommunications (MICITT), Costa Rica ​
11:00 - 13:00​ (BKK)
Technical Track Training Session 2: Preparations for Scenario-Based Exercises
  • Silensec ​
​13:00 - 13:30 (BKK)
​Break
​13:30 - 16:30 (BKK)
Technical Track Training Session 3: How to conduct effective Open Source Investigations online ​
  • Mr. Vytenis Benetis, consultant UNOCT/UNCCT United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT) 


Day 4-5 Scenario-Based Exercises (Practice)
Exercises are one of the highlights of the ITU Cyberdrill. 
For those joining the scenario-based exercises, please find the orientiation tips here.

8 December  

09:30 - 10:00 (BKK) CyberDrill Briefing – General Introduction
10:00 - 12:00 (BKK)
Scenario One: Hunting Threats in an environment with access to logs generated by the systems

Pre-requisites
Knowledge in security events on Windows
Knowledge of Active Directory environments and common attacks
Ability to hunt of malicious activities by investigating logs and alerts
​12:00 - 14:00 (BKK)
​Scenario Two: Someone Got Phished Scenario
Investigating a security incident reported by a user that could be a malware attack delivered via email.
 
Pre-requisites
Knowledge of how email works
Knowledge of indicators of phishing
Ability to investigate emails and identify potentially malicious and phishing emails
​14:00 - 16:00 (BKK)
​Scenario Three: Operational Technology Security Incident Scenario
Responding to an attack against Industrial Control Systems
 
Pre-requisites
Basic knowledge on communication protocols in OT environments between controller devices and sensors
Ability to perform network traffic analysis

9 December  

09:30 - 09:45 (BKK) Recap of Scenario-based exercises
09:45 - 11:45 (BKK)
Scenario Four: Internal network Compromise Scenario
This scenario will entail exploitation of a vulnerability against the target organization to gain access to the internal network where the threat actor gains access to backup systems and exfiltrates data then later brings down the backup servers disabling the recovery capabilities of the organization.
 
Pre-requisites
Ability to identify common attacks against the external network perimeter
Ability to detect lateral movement activities and data exfiltration
Ability to use common detection tools
Knowledge in security events on linux and windows
​11:45 - 13:45 (BKK)
​Scenario Five: Ransomware attack scenario
This scenario entails a ransomware attack against an organization's network. The objective will be to conduct incident response and malware analysis on the malware executed in the victim environment to identify the TTPs used in the attack.
 
Pre-requisites
Ability to detect and respond to Malware attacks
Skills in Reverse Engineering and Malware analysis
​13:45 - 15:45 (BKK)
Scenario Six: Partner Scenario
  • Mr. Vytenis Benetis​, consultant UNOCT/UNCCT United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism (UNOCT)
​15:45 - 16:00 (BKK)
​Closing Remarks