<table><tbody><tr><td><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">07 April 2010</span></td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(51, 102, 204); font-weight: bold;">CTO partners with BIS and OCS to promote
international cooperation in Cyber Security to help develop</span></td></tr><tr><td> </td></tr><tr><td><span style="font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-weight: normal;"><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" align="justify">
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma"><strong>Common responses to
a global challenge.</strong> </font></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma">LONDON, April 7, 2010 – The
Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO), the London-based
premier ICT agency of the Commonwealth is organising a Cyber Security
Forum on the 17th and 18<sup>th</sup> of June 2010, in London, in
partnership with the UK Department for Business Innovation and Skills
(BIS) and the UK’s Office of Cyber Security (OCS). The forum promises to
bring together high level delegates and key decision makers from the
public and private sectors together with the civil society from across
the Commonwealth, to promote international cooperation in Cyber
security. </font></span></p></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" align="justify"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma">The forum will focus on key
themes such as the State under threat, individuals and children under
threat, the role of CERTs, appropriate legal frameworks for Cyber
security, Cyber security through international cooperation,
organisational structures for effective Cyber security and the technical
responses to Cyber security and threats. </font></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" align="justify"><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Commenting
on this new venture, Bashir Patel, CTO’s Director of Programmes and
Business Development,</span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">said, ”With
the internet growing at an exponential rate and currently having an
estimated 1.4 billion people as its citizens, it can have far reaching
influence over peoples, businesses and Governments. In order to
establish basic protection for the users, reliability for businesses and
security for the States, ethical standards in the cyberspace has to be
established, legislation enacted, and enforcement implemented. The CTO
has a duty to assist its members to gain the skills and competencies in
order to achieve the necessary high standards to ensure a satisfactory
level of Cyber security. This forum will provide stakeholders the
opportunity to discuss diverse and key issues on Cyber security and
crimes.”</span></font></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" align="justify"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma">Bashir Patel also welcomed
the partnership with the UK Government through BIS and OCS, in
organising this forum, “Given that Cybercrime is ‘borderless’, an
international approach to prevent cyber threats is needed to combat
cyber challenges. While it is important for developing countries to
participate at the forum and gain knowledge, it is also crucial for the
developed countries to provide the support in building the skills and
competencies needed to ensure that the entire Cyber space is safe and
secure.” </font></span></div><div style="text-align: justify; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" align="justify"><font face="Tahoma"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">The Cyber security Forum
will aim to create awareness of the many facets of cyber threats and
alert stakeholders of the need to adopt robust Cyber security
frameworks. The forum aims to build capacity of the key decision makers
in developing countries to implement strategies aimed at preventing and
responding to Cyber threats in a timely and effective manner. The
conference will provide decision makers with the means to adopt
resilient technical measures, establish appropriate organisational
structures and create robust legal/regulatory frameworks. The forum also
aims to facilitate partnerships and working relationships between the
different players in Cyber security to enable the flow of information,
expertise and resources. </span><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Speakers
at the conference are expected to include policy makers, regulators,
law enforcement authorities, service providers and other stakeholders. </span></font></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;" align="justify"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: rgb(34, 30, 31); font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma">For
more information on the event, please visit </font></span><a href="http://www.events.cto.int/CyberSecurity2010"><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma">www.events.cto.int/CyberSecurity2010</font></span><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma">.</font></span></a></div>
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