On 20 - 23 May 2008, the inaugural IMPACT World Cyber Security Summit (WCSS) was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The WCSS included the inaugural meeting of the IMPACT International Advisory Board (IAB), a ministerial roundtable, plenary sessions as well as technology and information sharing sessions for in-depth discussion on the latest cybersecurity threats, trends and issues.

IMPACT's inaugural World Cyber Security Summit (WCSS) was the largest ministerial-level forum ever organised on cyber-terrorism and security. Government ministers, industry leaders, technology luminaries and international cybersecurity experts from 27 countries were in attendance, including Australia, Canada, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and the United States.

The goal of the Summit was to chart the future course for IMPACT as a global multilateral platform facilitating the partnership between governments and the private sector in combating cyberthreats.