Cybersecurity Forum 2011 – CTO

The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation is pleased to announce Cybersecurity Forum 2011. The Forum will be held on the 14th and 15th June 2011 in London at the BIS Conference Centre at No. 1 Victoria Street.

Background

With the critical information infrastructure of Estonia coming under attack in 2007, the focus of Cyber Security was elevated from an individual perspective to a National perspective. Importantly this incident highlighted the need for developing countries to implement robust and effective Cybersecurity frameworks, without which the entire Cyber world will be at risk.

The CTO’s Cybersecurity Conference aims to:

• Create awareness of the many facets of cyber threats and alert stakeholders of the need to adopt robust Cybersecurity frameworks
• Build capacity of the key decision makers in developing countries to implement strategies aimed at preventing and responding to the growing menace of Cyber threats
• Provide the key decision makers with the means to adopt resilient technical measures, establish appropriate organisational structures and create robust legal/regulatory frameworks
• Promote international cooperation in Cybersecurity to help developing countries to leverage the strengths of developed countries
• Broker partnerships between the different players in Cybersecurity to facilitate the flow of information, expertise and resources.

For further information on attending this event please send an email to s.fletcher@cto.int or visit the CTO website.