geneva, switzerland, 15-16 september 2014 session chairmen’s reports itu workshop on “ict...

Geneva, Switzerland, 15-16 September 2014

Session Chairmen’s Reports

ITU Workshop on “ICT Security Standardizationfor Developing Countries”

Geneva, Switzerland, 15-16 September 2014

Opening session conclusions

Mr. Zhaoji Lin chaired the meeting and gave an opening speech which covered the following aspects:

Introductory information and guidance ;Defining the steering committee;Mission/objectives of the workshop and what we expect to get out from the workshop;Introduce/overview the sessions of the workshop.

Geneva, Switzerland, 15-16 September 2014 2

Opening Session

Keynote speaker

Mr. Malcolm Johnson, ITU TSB Director

Thanks SG17 for organizing this WS

Around 90 people registered but participation are open to all

The importance of having such event

Participation of people from Developing Countries to SG17 are increasing

Appreciates IMPACT and ITU-D role

Threats are increasing (eg. SPAM)


Opening Session

Keynote speakerMr. Arkadiy Kremer, ITU-T Study Group 17 Chairman

Thanks TSB for their supportFocus on challenges in ICT infrastructure developmentMain pillars for providing confidence & securityITU-T SG17 Standardization activitiesDevelop an effective security strategy Developing countries participation in SG17


Outcome of Opening Session (1)

ITU-T SG 17 vice-chairman Mr. Zhaoji Lin chaired the meeting and made an opening speech which covered the following aspects:

introductory information and guidance to the workshop including such as background of the workshop and facilities ;the decision of SG17 to organize this workshop and the steering team of the workshop;mission/objectives of the workshop and what we expect to get out of the workshop;information on the security standardization challenges;highlighted the sessions of the workshop;


Outcome of Opening Session (2)

two keynote speeches were presented:The first keynote speaker was ITU TSB Director Mr. Malcolm Johnson whose speech mainly focused on challenges of cyber threats to the world especially in developing countries, on spam threats to developing countries and WCIT-12 efforts on encouraging Member States to cooperate to prevent spam, on efforts of ITU on dealing with these challenges, on collaboration of ITU with other SDOs on ICT security standardization activities.

The second keynote speaker was ITU-T SG17 chairman Mr. Arkadiy Kremer. His speech mainly focused on challenges in ICT infrastructure development, main pillars for providing confidence & security, ITU-T SG17 Standardization activities, to develop an effective security strategy and participation of developing countries in SG17.


Conclusion of Opening Session

This workshop aimed to present activities and achievements of standardization on cybersecurity, data protection, trust services and cloud computing, focused in methodology of securing ICT within critical infrastructure, heard a reaction from security industry, addressed the interests and needs of users, and encouraged collaboration between SDOs in security standardization for the special needs of developing countries.International standards are tools offering exactly technical, procedural, and administrative defense that are internationally applicable.ITU-T, specifically ITU-T SG17 made great efforts to bridge the standardization gap between the developed countries and developing countries to build the confidence and security in the use of ICTs.


Session 1 conclusions

Although Zambia like most developing countries has limited capacity in addressing security challenges, reasonable progress has been achieved in putting in place the necessary institutional framework.New security approaches are required in order to enable large scale deployment of IoT systems.


Session 1 conclusions (cnt’d)

SG 17 should consider organizing a special session to address security challenges related to mobile financial services.Strong collaboration between ITU and UPU on security is vital especially in areas such as secure e-mail and financial transactions.


Session 1 conclusions (cnt’d)

SG17 and IEC/TC57/WG15 should cooperate and share expertise on smart-grid security.Security should be embedded in the system design in order to lower operational costs.



To identify key topics/requirements for ICT security (through presentations)

Need of stepping up “Authentication capabilities” for mobile on-line trustUse of “light weight crypto” for connected cars and ITS securityCritical Infra Security – Energy sectorNeed for interoperability of secure enterprise mobility across providersIdentity Based Attestation and Open Exchange Protocol (IBOPS)Big Data (BD) security and privacy


Session 2 conclusionsOutput on Objective-2(cont.)

To explore the way to develop security standards in ITU-T (through the Round Table)

The authentication landscape is changing rapidly, and the ID-ecosystem is also changing. A new use case (requirement) is authentication/identification on demand. The work of the FIDO Alliance and OASIS TC IBOPS is to be looked at; and collaboration is suggested.There is a need for a minimum level of security in the area of ITS and IoT environments. ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC27/WG2 is standardizing light-weight crypto and is seeking collaboration in terms of how to use such crypto.

Critical infrastructures are to be looked at. There is room for cooperation and standardization between military and civil. Government need standards on electronic signatures and e-IDs. ITU-T should consider standardization cooperation with European bodies (like ENISA).



To explore the way to develop security standards in ITU-T (through the Round Table)

ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC27 is doing work in data management and governance, and on secure data storage, also on data discovery, which are subject to standardization. Real-time security analytics for data management should be considered. ISO is doing a gap analysis on big data; there is an opportunity for collaboration with ITU-T (SG17).TC 215 has developed several health informatics standards on such as on information governance, policy management etc., and to potentially work with ITU-T.



Summary:Mobile security (Authentication) - FIDO Alliance and OASIS TC IBOPS Utilization of light weight crypto for ITS & IoT – ISO/IEC JTC1/SC27 and othersCritical infrastructures - European bodies (like ENISA)Big Data security & PII - ISO/IEC JTC1/SC27 Health informatics - TC215



Make standards less complex and more applicable Create standards for the needs Collaboration is the keyStandardization is very important to be in the same trackSharing known vulnerabilities and threats make significant differenceData protection becomes more important with the online services



Operational experience and demand from the field are very importantITU-D is a great opportunity for creating widely using standards by developing countriesStart a joint project with ITU-D to enhance the business use of standards



It will be very beneficial if the experts help countries to implement the standardsEncourage governments, organizastions, companies, and academia to participate


Session 4 conclusionsSummary 1/3

Session 4 discussed “ICT role in critical infrastructure protection” under 3 different perspectives, as follows:

Frameworks and international collaboration:Mr Koyabe presented “Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP): Commonwealth Perspective”, with insights on a cybergovernance model adopted by those countries, and Mr McCrum presented ”Toward a partnership-based framework for establishing secure ICT infrastructure in developing countries”, with proposals on regulatory measures, ITU role and mutual recognition agreements (MRA);



Standardization issues on CIIP:Mr. Zolotnikov presented “Critical infrastructure protection: standardization to protect critical infrastructure objects”, with some key principles of secured system development to be standardized, including industrial control systems (ICS), and Mr. Strunge presented “Security by Design in Smart Grids – A Need to Rethink ICT in Power System Controls”, including proposals on automated certificate handling, whitelists, and multiple associated parallel PKI;



Role of ICT and sector regulators:Mr. Alsamhan presented “ICT Regulator Role on National Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection”, with Saudi Arabia experiences on CIP, national CERT deployment, and security enforcement measures, and Mr. Guimaraes presented “Critical telecommunication infrastructure protection in Brazil” with insights on legislation, methodologies and an information system under development (SIEC).

These perspectives were further developed during the final discussion panel. Some aspects discussed in Session 4 could be interesting to ITU-T Qs 2/17, Q4/17, 6/17, 7/17 and 11/17.

In particular, ITU-D Q3/2 was highly interested on Mr. Koyabe’s presentation.


Session 5 summary(1/3)This session consists of 5 presentations:

Cloud security standardization activities in ITU-T: Huirong Tian, China :

presenting major deliverables and activities of ITU-T FG on cloud computing and various existing work by ITU-T SG17 as well as SG13, especially for approved Recommendation ITU-T X.1601, security framework for cloud computing.

ITU-T SG17 Identity management (IdM) Progress Report : Abbie Barbir, ITU-T Q10/17 Rapporteur :

presenting mission and major coordinated activities of ITU-T SG17 Question 10 with other SDOs as well as current state, drivers for the future direction, need for better identity assurance and trust framework, future focus in the identity management area.

X.509 in a changing world: Erik Andersen, Denmark :presenting ITU-T X.509, definition and role of PKI, changing environment for use of PKI such as cloud, mobile, M2M, and smart grid, future of Recommendation ITU-T X.509.


Session 5 summary(2/3)

National ID management system in Korea: Daeseon Choi, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Authentication Research Section /Leader :

presenting national initiative on identity management system, including issues around national identifier, online and offline identity proofing, various authentication technologies such as PKI, SSO and attribute sharing, and future direction of Korean IDM.

Introduction to ISO 29003 - Identity Proofing: Patrick Curry, British Business Federation Authority (& SC27 WG5)

Presenting ISO/IEC 29003 Identity Proofing such as a need and definition for identity proofing, key players around identity proofing, changing factors that needs to be considered, and role of international standard.


Session 5 summary(3/3)

The session has a roundtable discussion:6 panelist including five speakers and Frederic Gittler from Cloud Security Alliance are invited to the roundtable discussion which is devoted to identify potential future topic which SG 17 needs to consider, especially to answer the following questions.

What are current major activities that other (standard) organizations are carrying out, which ITU-T SG17 needs to consider?

What is your view about the gap of current standard activities of ITU-T SG17 in these areas?

What is your perspectives about the future direction for ITU-T SG17 standardization activities in the areas of cloud and identity management, considering the future ICT environments, such as one supporting super-highly connected society?


Session 5 conclusionsMajor findings and future directions

Suggested topics for future study in the cloud security area:

trust models, security controls, best practices, etc.Topics carried out by CSA for SG17:

Cloud security and privacyVirtualization securityGovernance and assuranceIncident management and digital forensics, etc.

Three key success factors for coordination between SOOs provided by CSA in the cloud security:

Avoiding duplication/coordination,Having certification with maturity models,Ease of use and accessibility.

Suggested topics for future study in the identity management area:

Business and Privacy Guidelines,Interoperable Products & Services,Identity Assurance Framework & Assessors for better Identity assurance and trust frameworks


Session 5 conclusionsMajor findings and future directions

There is a need for:updating Rec. ITU-T X.509, considering new factors and meeting new requirements in the new ICT environment such as smart grid.developing guideline/implementation guides for PKI deployment for developing countries by SG 17 and investigating national level initiatives on PKI deployment and usage, online and offline or combined identity proofing and various authentication methods as best practices for use or deployment by the developing countries.the International Standard to address the in-person proofing, which is very fundamental process for the secure e-ID system and developing it by SC27 WG 5, possibly in cooperation with ITU-T SG17.


Session 6Security Standardization Challenges

ObjectivesTo better understand the role of ICT security standardization

A set of short presentations that highlight ICT security standardization efforts in 8 international and regional bodies

To explore ICT security standardization challenges

An open roundtable discussion on challenges including collaboration and meeting user needs, especially those from developing countries


Session 6 Presentations

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)

Walter Fumy, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC27 chairman

Overview of security work in ISO; new ISO TC 292, Security; work of SC27

Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)

Kathleen Moriarty, Security Area director

IETF security working groups, emerging work areas, fellowships, policy programme


Session 6 Presentations

European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)

Charles Brookson, ETSI TC CYBER chairman

Work of TC CYBER, cyber security coordination group recommendations, ETSI security activities

Cloud Security Alliance (CSA)

Frederic Gittler, HP

Cloud computing and mobility as a unique opportunity for developing countries


Session 6 PresentationsFIRST (an international confederation of trusted computer incident response teams)

Damir Rajnovic, member of board of directors

Common issues when trying to implement international standards in a national environment

Organization for the Advancement of structured information standards (OASIS)

Carol Cosgrove-Sacks, senior advisor

Securing the digital frontier – the need for robust cyber security standards


Session 6 PresentationsRegional Asia Information Security Exchange Forum (RAISE Forum)

Koji Nakao, co-chairman

Challenges, objectives, current focus, projects

International Telecommunications Union – Telecommunications Standardization Sector (ITU-T)

Arkadiy Kremer, Study Group 17 chairman

Strategic goals of ITU-T; SG17’s efforts in security standardization, supporting developing countries, and cooperation with other bodies


Session 6 RoundtableWhat do you see as the key challenges for ICT security standardization?

What do you see as the benefits and challenges of cooperation and collaboration among standards setting organizations?

How do you ensure standards you develop will meet the needs of users, especially those in developing countries?

What is the SDO’s role in implementation of standards?


Session 6Roundtable Results

Reinforced continuing need for collaborationEstablish collaboration with ETSI TC CyberRevisit/update security standards roadmapNeed for constant feedback into standardization processBridge gap between technology and users (e.g., password problem) – make standards simple to use


Session 6Roundtable Results

Need ramp-up documents to support complex standardsEmploy innovative arrangements that facilitate new participantsEssential to encourage/facilitate organizations in developing countries to be engaged in standards development Essential to encourage/facilitate developing countries to take the best of standards/best practices, as ICT security standards are essential to all


Provisional follow-up actions in response to key conclusions


Promote cooperation and collaboration essential to combating cybersecurity challenges (e.g. CIRTs), and recognize existing work of other SDOs

Promote common policies and enforcement mechanisms recognizing the trans-border nature of cyber attacks

Promote Mutual Recognition Agreements and conformance and interoperability (C&I) testing

Encourage developing countries to provide their requirements to international standardization work

Fast-track successful standards from other standards bodies through the ITU-T approval process to give them international status


Organise a dedicated meeting to address financial inclusion security issues

Consider New ITU-T work item on Big Data security

Investigate Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP) and Critical Information Protection (CIP)

Evolution of ITU-T X.509:

Establish educational capacity-building project on X.509 certificates and the broader public-key infrastructure (PKI)

Ensure that the final product of X.509rev is future-proofed for the evolving scenarios and sectors of application

Liaise closely with other SDOs in particular IETFGeneva, Switzerland, 15-16 September 2014 36

Consider new joint ITU-UPU project: Secure e-mail, active monitoring, PostID, federated identity ecosystem, trust frameworks, two-factor authentication, secure cloud services, and joint standardization of UPU S64 postal identity management

ITU-T Study Group 17 to consider the outputs and conclusions of each session

Other ITU-T study groups and ITU-D Study Group 2 to be informed of the Workshop outputs and conclusions

ITU-T and ITU-D to increase collaboration on capacity building on security standards


geneva, switzerland, 15-16 september 2014 session chairmen’s reports itu workshop on “ict...

Documents

workshop geneva

workshop information

sg17 geneva

workshop missionobjectives

itut sg17 chairman

efforts of itu

collaboration of itu

workshop introduceoverview