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<h1 class="title"><font><a href="http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9142497.htm">http://www.prweb.com/releases/2012/1/prweb9142497.htm</a></font></h1><h1 class="title"><font>Secretary General of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) to be Patron of EC-Council's Global CyberLympics Competition </font></h1>
<h2 class="subtitle"><font>Dr. Hamadoun I. Toure, the Secretary
General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), has
officially been appointed as the Patron of the Global CyberLympics,
which is the World’s first series of international team ethical hacking
championships. With that appointment, Dr. Toure will become Chair of the Global CyberLympics Advisory Council (GCAC). </font></h2><h2 class="subtitle"></h2><div class="fullWidth floatLeft dottedTop"><div class="mediaBox">
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</div><p class="releaseDateline">Albuquerque, NM (PRWEB) January 27, 2012 </p><p>
EC-Council's Global CyberLympics organizing committee is pleased to
announce the official patronage of the Secretary General of the
International Telecommunication Union (ITU). ITU is the United Nations
specialized agency for information and communication technologies. </p>
<p>Created by EC-Council, the Global CyberLympics is a series of ethical
hacking games comprised of both offensive and defensive security
challenges that started from September 2011 across different global
regions. The top 8 teams, determined during the respective regional
championships held in Budapest, Dubai, Miami and Kuala Lumpur, will be
vying for the world championship title during the world finals that will
be held in Virginia, USA in March 2012.</p>
<p>“Our purpose with the Global CyberLympics initiative is to help
establish true cybersecurity partnerships across borders,” said Jay
Bavisi, Chairman of the Global CyberLympics Organizing Committee and
president of EC-Council. “With the leadership and guidance from Dr.
Toure in his capacity as Honorary Chairman of the Advisory Council, we
are confident of expanding the outreach of this initiative globally,
raising awareness to global peace through cyber games.”</p>
<p>Dr. Toure said, “I accept the role of Honorary Chair with pleasure
and look forward to contributing positively to the success of this
initiative. The achievement of global cyberpeace must be a key objective
for governments, the private sector and the international community. As
Secretary General of the UN Specialized Agency on ICTs, I am fully
committed to facilitating dialogue among all relevant stakeholders, in
order to reach the overall goal.”</p>
<p>The games come at a crucial time as global cyber threats appear to be
escalating. According to the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, the annual
loss of intellectual property and investment opportunities is $6 to $20
billion as a result of hacking. In a recent article about cyber
espionage attacks against the US, the magazine Vanity Fair even referred
to 2011 as “the Year of the Hack.”</p>
<p>The EC-Council’s mission with the Global CyberLympics is to unify
global cyber defense through the games, along with the following
objectives:
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Capacity Building: Discover new talents, methods and ideas; and to
encourage development in the field of information security. Besides
discovering gifted hackers and cyber-defenders, the Global CyberLympics
will also inspire the development of Information security professionals
of the future. </li><li> Raising Awareness: Educate the global community,
especially in developing nations and third world countries, on the
issues of Information security and encourage further development of the
field. This will raise awareness towards increased education and ethics
in information security.</li><li> Global Peace: Foster friendship and create cohesiveness
between information security professionals, whether as an individual,
representing a corporation or for a national agency, and encourage
frequent exchange of essential information, technology and skills.</li></ul>
The Global CyberLympics is also endorsed by the International
Multilateral Partnership Against Cyber Threats (IMPACT), the
cybersecurity executing arm of the United Nations’ specialized agency –
the International Telecommunications Union (ITU).
<p>For more information about the Global CyberLympics, please visit: <a href="http://www.cyberlympics.org/">http://www.cyberlympics.org</a></p></div>