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On 3rd September 2008, IMPACT and the ITU formally entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in which IMPACT’s state-of-the-art Global HQ in Cyberjaya, Malaysia, effectively became the physical and operational home of the GCA. Under this landmark collaboration, IMPACT provides the ITU’s 191 Member States with the expertise, facilities and resources to effectively address the world’s most serious cyber threats.
About the Global Cybersecurity Agenda
The GCA is an ITU framework for international cooperation aimed at proposing and implementing strategies for solutions to enhance confidence and security in the information society. The GCA intends to build on existing national and regional initiatives to avoid the duplication of work and encourage and foster collaboration amongst all relevant partners.
The GCA was launched by the ITU’s Secretary-General, Dr. Hamadoun Touré on 17th May 2007 as a framework for international cooperation aimed at proposing strategies for solutions to enhance confidence and security in the information society.
The GCA focuses on five main areas of cybersecurity:
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Legal measures |
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Technical and procedural measures |
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Organisational structures |
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Capacity-building |
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International cooperation |
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Together, these areas of cybersecurity provide a comprehensive and consistent approach towards a multi-stakeholder framework for a more secure and safer information society.
The converged synergies between the five work areas of the GCA, the services and infrastructures provided by IMPACT made a joint partnership a logical next step in the global fight against cyber threats, cybercrime and other malicious uses of the Internet.
Learn more about ITU’s Global Cybersecurity Agenda here. |
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