UN GGE ICT4Peace Workshop for the UN GGE Experts: Existing and Future Norms on International ICT Infrastructure and Data Integrity

Activities, Capacity Building CS, Policy Research CS, Advisory CS, Policy Research, Advisory, Capacity Building, Cybersecurity High-Level Policy Briefings, ICT4Peace Cybersecurity Policy and Diplomacy Capacity Building, ICT4Peace Support to UN OEWG and UN GGE, including Programme of Action PoA, Norms of Responsible Behaviour and Confidence Building Measures (CBMs) for the Cyberspace

20. February 2017

On 20 February 2017 ICT4Peace organised a workshop at the Palais des Nations in Geneva in support of the UN Group of Governmental Experts (UN GGE) on Developments in the field of Information and Telecommunications in the context of International Security.

The workshop covered the following points:

In addition to the national Critical Infrastructure (CI), which has been well acknowledged as an area and priority of national cyber security efforts, international cyber security concerns comprise international infrastructure (such as the Internet infrastructure or shared (trans-national and global) networks). As these issues have not received wide-spread attention in the international cyber policy discourse, the panel seeks to bring this topic in more detail to the attention of the GGE experts and the international community.

The value of ICT infrastructure, as well as the risks to it, relate to data that is resident on and transmitted through networks. Many States have acknowledged and emphasized the importance of national level information, data and network security in achieving international cyber security. Recently, authors have pointed out the relevance of data integrity for the functioning of the State and society and related risks to national and international security. The panel will elaborate on data integrity guarantees and imperatives at international and national level and discuss what could be additionally proposed as responsible steps to protect the community value of data.

The panel discussed also how to bring existing and new norms and guidelines to the awareness of States, network operators and other stakeholders.

Background documents (as PDFs) for ICT4Peace Workshop for the UN GGE Experts: Existing and Future Norms on International ICT Infrastructure and Data Integrity, held in Geneva on 20th February 2017.