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

From Past.

• 1901: Pacific Cable Board: an ICT infrastructure consortium

• 1930s-70s: Accounting Rates Settlement Organisation

• 1960s on: Owned by Telcos of newly Independent states

• 1975-PresentCapacity Building and Training for Telco professionals

• Newly createdregulators joined in the mid-90s and after 2,000

• 2002:Constitution converted it into an inter-governmental organisation

To Present

• Simultaneously owned by governments , regulators, ICT companies, suppliers and other stakeholders, Commonwealth and non-Commonwealth. Focus now broadly on ICTs, especially using PPPPs.

• 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

40 FMCs

Sector Members

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

Research and studies

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

• The Global Cybersecurity Agenda: launched 2007 by ITU

• The CTO took part as member of the High Level Experts Group

• GCA was built on five pillars:

• Legal (Legislative &Regulatory) Measures

• Technical (Standardisation) Measures

• Organisational Structures (esp. in-country)

• Capacity Building

• International Cooperation

• After one year of deliberations, the GCA issued a report in August 2008 with important recommendations

• This CTO Cyber Security Forum facilitates Harmonisation

7. CTO & Cybersecurity

• CTO promotes ICT-enabling Governments, Companies & Societies

• Without Robust Cybersecurity Frameworks, there is great risks to Governments, Companies, Communities, & Individuals, and prospects for ICTs to help create a global village

• How Can Stakeholders Collaborate To Give Sufficient attention to Cyber- Security??

• What can organisations such as the CTO do?

• We can Undertake Research and Study Specific Aspects

• We can help in Advocacy Programmes

• We can Advise Governments, Companies and other entities

• We can Help to Build capacity and to train professionals

• We can Facilitate Knowledge Sharing and Best Practices

• Yes, We Can !!

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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Some CTO Contacts

Bashir Patel

Director of Programmes and Business Development Email:[email_address]

44(0)208 600 3802

Lasantha De Alwis

Corporate Secretary/Senior Manager, Programmes

Email:[email_address]

44(0)208 600 3814

Marcel Belingue

Senior Manager, Programmes

Email:[email_address]

44(0)208 600 3816

Samuel Fletcher

Manager, International Events & Corporate Communications

Email:[email_address]

44(0)208 600 3809