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Release Date: 10/27/04 00:00:00
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010
October 27, 2004
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP) Directorate and the German Ministry of the Interior co-hosted a multilateral conference in Berlin October 20-22, 2004, on International Cyber Security Cooperation: Watch, Warning, and Incident Response. The conference consisted of delegations from fifteen countries including those from Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas and represented a significant collaborative effort on the need for an international framework for cyber information sharing and incident response.
The goal of the conference was to bring together government cyber security policy makers, managers of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs) with national responsibility, and members of the cyber law enforcement community to further the international dialogue on leveraging our respective existing watch and warning efforts for greater global situational awareness and effective response to global incidents.
“Cyber security is a global issue that affects every person using a computer with internet access; traditional borders don’t apply,” said Bob Liscouski, Assistant Secretary for Infrastructure Protection, IAIP. “This conference is a significant step in establishing cohesive international cooperation and represents the type of coordinated effort that is essential to creating the level of security needed to protect our collective critical infrastructures and financial communities as well as our homes and personal information.”
During the conference the participating countries discussed critical areas essential for building an international framework for cyber security, including: an arrangement among sovereign states to exchange cyber information, the incorporation of existing and emerging regional information sharing arrangements, and ways to improve information sharing in the near term and in the future.
The group of participating countries worked to enhance current efforts in an arrangement to share points of contact and appropriate information for cyber watch and incident response purposes; establish communication on an on-going basis and coordinate communication and response on global incidents; and work together toward a more mature international cooperation and coordination on cyber information sharing and incident response.
“This international framework allows us to work closely with our global partners on both immediate steps and a long term strategy that helps us to meet our national cyber security priorities,” said Liscouski.
Participating Countries:
Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection (IAIP) Directorate serves as the focal point for intelligence analysis, infrastructure protection operations, and information sharing. IAIP merges the capability to identify and assess a broad range of intelligence and information concerning threats to the homeland, maps that information against the Nation’s vulnerabilities, issues timely and actionable warnings, and takes appropriate preventive and protective measures to protect our infrastructures and key assets.
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