US Homeland Security and German Interior Ministry co-host multilateral conference on cyber security

The US 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 between October 20th-22nd, 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 the existing watch and warning efforts for greater global situational awareness and effective response to global incidents.

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.

Participating countries:
Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Italy, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States.

•Date: 28th October 2004 • Region: Various •Type: Article •Topic: ISM
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