1. Session 4 – ICT role in critical infrastructure protection
ITU Workshop on “ICT Security Standardization for Developing Countries”
(Geneva, Switzerland, September 2014)
Session 4 – ICT role in critical infrastructure protection
Antonio Guimaraes
Geneva, Switzerland, September 2014

2. Session Objectives
Critical infrastructure is a term used by governments to describe assets that are essential for the functioning of a society, such as energy, transportation, telecommunication, water supply, agriculture, public health, financial services, etc.
Most critical infrastructures rely on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), including industrial control systems (ICS), to perform essential functions.
This dependency represents potential vulnerabilities and risks to operations.
This section will focus in existing ICT security standards, guidelines, methodologies, and practices to enable critical infrastructure providers to achieve the resilience required.
Geneva, Switzerland, September 2014

3. Speaker/presenter line-up
Slot
Presentations
Speakers 1
Critical telecommunication infrastructure protection in Brazil
Antonio Guimaraes
Anatel, Brazil [ Biography] 2
Critical Information Infrastructure Protection (CIIP): A Commonwealth Perspective
Martin Koyabe, Commonwealth Telecommunication Organization [ Biography ] 3
Critical infrastructure protection: standardization to protect critical infrastructure objects
Vyacheslav Zolotnikov
Kaspersky Lab [Biography] 4
Security by Design in Smart Grids – A Need to Rethink ICT in Power System Controls
Carsten Strunge
Energinet.dk, Denmark [Biography ] 5
Towards a partnership-based framework for establishing secure ICT infrastructure in developing countries
Bill McCrum
Telecom Consulting [Biography] 6
ICT Regulator Role on National Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection
Suliman Alsamhan
CITC, Saudi Arabia, [Biography]
Timing
Presentations
Speakers
12min
Critical telecommunication infrastructure protection in Brazil
Antonio Guimaraes - Anatel, Brazil
Geneva, Switzerland, September 2014

4. Questions for the roundtable
In your view, what should be the respective roles of sector specific regulators (e.g. telecom, power, etc.) and ICT generic regulators (e.g. ICT security agencies) on critical infrastructures protection ?
What do you consider as important security gaps and collaboration opportunities to enable critical infrastructure providers in developing countries to achieve the resilience required ?
What do you see as important ICT standardization issues (including industrial control systems-ICS) related to the protection of critical infrastructure assets ?
In your view, which of these issues could be good candidates for standardization within ITU-T SG17 ?
Geneva, Switzerland, September 2014