ITU-T GROUP 17
SECURITY
29/06/2016
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MANDATE OF STUDY GROUPS
•
Study Groups study questions adopted in accordance with
a procedure established by WTSA and prepare draft
recommendations to be adopted in accordance with the
procedure set forth in No246A to 247 of the ITU Convention
• The study groups shall study technical, operating and tariff
questions and prepare recommendations on them with a
view to standardizing telecommunications on a worldwide
basis [ CV /Art 14 No 193]
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STUDY GROUP 17
Responsible for building confidence and security in the use of
information and communications technologies. This includes
studies relating to cybersecurity management, countering spam
and identity management. It also includes security architecture
and framework, protection of personally identifiable information
, and security services for IoT, smart grid, smart phone, IPTV,
web services, social network, cloud computing, mobile financial
system and telebiometrics. Also responsible for the application
of open system communications including directory and object
identifiers, and for technical languages, the method for their
usage and other issues related to the software aspects of
telecommunications systems, and for conformance testing to
improve quality of Recommendations
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SG 17
 Lead SG for
- Security
Identity Management
Languages and description techniques
Responsible for specific series of
Recommendations
Responsible for 12 Questions
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SG17
 Focus is to build confidence and security in the
use of ICTs
 Its work is organized into 5 WP with 12 questions
 Has 4 correspondence groups
 Has developed 14 new Recommendations thus far
 Also has a established a regional African study
group which has already met to set out its
priorities see ITU page distributed
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WP of SG 17
 WP 1 - Fundamental Security- Q1 – Telecom/ ICT
security coordination; Q 2 –Security architecture
and framework; Q 3- ISM
 WP 2 – Network and Information Security –Q 4 –
Cybersecurity;Q5/Countering spam
 WP 3 – IdM + Cloud computing security – Q8 Cloud
computing security; Q10 -IdM
 WP 4 – Application security- Q6-Ubiquitous
services; Q7 –Applications; Q9-Telebiometrics
 WP 5 Formal languages- Q11- Directory,
Languages and Testing
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Joint Coordination
Activities
 JCAs cover a broad range of area which goes
beyond the SG but impacts on it – subject matter
is the key. Coordination and planning is the key
 Child online protection – SG 2;9;13;15;16;17 …
 Identity Management – SG 2,13.15.16.17 ,,,,
 Point of contact is ITU- T even though other sectors
may be involved
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Regional Group for
Africa
 To encourage active participation of African
administrations, regulators and operators in the
work of ITU=T SG17 and to report periodically the
outcomes and deliverables
 To facilitate the participation of Member States and
Sector Members of the African region in IRU-T
meetings related to security
 TO encourage African countries to contribute
actively in developing ITU-T security
Recommendations work
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Resolutions associated
 Resolution 50 on Cybersecurity
 That all study groups continue to evaluate existing
and evolving new recommendations, and
especially signaling and telecommunication
protocol Recommendations, with respect to their
robustness of design and potential for exploitation
by malicious parties to interfere destructively with
their deployment in the global information and
telecommunication infrastructure…..
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