Together with the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications of Turkey and the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (ICTA), it had the participation of 19 countries, namely Albania, Angola, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, China, Spain, Georgia, Iran, Italy, Jordan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Romania, Sri Lanka, Senegal, Sudan, Turkey and Ukraine.
The International Cyber Shield Exercise (ICSE) brings together IT incident response (ICR) professionals, senior government officials, cybersecurity experts, industry stakeholders, and other ICT stakeholders from around the world under one roof. ICSE 2014 essentially provided a platform for sharing information on fundamental cybersecurity issues, with a particular focus on effective incident management and international cooperation among the various stakeholders.
During the event, distinguished cybersecurity experts gave presentations, and workshops were held on forensic science and investigation, mobile security and cybersecurity standardization, as well as Child Online Protection (COPIP). Participating cybersecurity experts will conduct several simulations of cyber threats under realistic conditions to assess their incident response capabilities.
“We live in a hyper-connected world where we are only as strong as our weakest link,” said Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary-General of the ITU. “We will continue working to create a global movement for cybersecurity. To achieve this goal, we need the right tools and measures to protect ourselves and to test the effectiveness of our cybersecurity armor.”.
"Turkey's cyber exercise has provided a specialized platform where ITU technical experts have been able to gain further technical knowledge and test their ITU capabilities by creating simulated attacks," said Brahima Sanou, Director of the ITU Telecommunication Development Bureau. "These simulated attacks are intended to help countries develop and implement operational procedures in response to various cyber incidents, and to identify future planning and process improvements.".
"Bringing together national EIIIs, key cybersecurity stakeholders and industry experts in one place helps countries understand that public-private partnerships are an integral part of the international network in the fight against cyber threats," said Datuk Mohd Noor Amin, President of IMPACT.
ITU-IMPACT has already conducted six cyber exercises in which more than 70 countries have participated.
See event details at icse2014.org
