​​Executive Summary

Meeting of ITU-T SG17 'Security', Geneva, 20 February – 1 March 2024

Hot topics of this meeting (summarizing both input & output)

• AI/ML security
• Digital twin and metaverse
• Quantum based security, Post Quantum Cryptography
• 5G security
• Cloud security
• Cybersecurity, Cyber defence, Zero Trust, countering spam, prevention from cyber attack
• IoT security
• Software supply chain security
• Data protection

1        Meeting Output (meeting statistics see Annex E below)

• Output standards (22, see Annex A):
• TAP approval (5): Details are in Annex A a).
• TAP not approved (3): Details are in Annex A b).
• TAP determined (8): 8 new Recommendations. Details are in Annex A c).
• AAP consented (6): 4 new and 1 revised Recommendations, and 1 Amendment for AAP Last Call. Details are in Annex A d).
• Agreed (3): 1 new Supplement, 1 revised Technical Paper and 1 new Technical Report. Details are in Annex A e).
• New work items (54, see Annex C).
• OID registration authority for Republic of Haiti: {joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) ht(332)}
• ITU-T Workshop on Generative AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Security and Privacy on 19 February 2024 and ITU-T SG17 Mini-Workshop on ITU-T X.1060 Cyber Defence Center on 22 Feb 2024 were both well attended (270+/60+ participants)
• SG17 Mandate, scope and Question text for next study period reviewed.
• Tutorials on using tools to support standardization, new BSG program and digital rights were well appreciated.
• Delegates from Africa and Arab States gathered for preparation of SG17RG meetings and WTSA-24
• SG17 subgroups (JCAs and Correspondence Groups)
• JCA-IdM 33^rd meeting on Friday 1 Sep 2023
• JCA-COP: remain as dormant.
• CG-SG17-wtsa24-prep: continued
• CG-secapa (Correspondence Group on Security Capability and Architecture): continued
• CG-COP (Child online protection): newly established, ToR in TD1811.
• CG-AIsec (Correspondence group on AI security): newly established, ToR in TD1949.

2        Next SG17 meetings

2.1        3^rd virtual "ITU-T X.509 Day" event, 9 May 2024, focus on quantum challenges to PKI

2.2       2^nd SG17 meeting in 2024

• 48 Candidate texts for action, details see Annex B.

Option 1: 2-week physical meeting outside Geneva, June/July 2024

If member state invites before 15th March 2024, a physical SG17 meeting with remote participation will take place in June/July 2024 for nine working days, preceded by a one-day ITU Workshop on security and privacy for digital twin and metaverse.

Option 2: 2-day e-plenary in July + 1-week physical meeting in September

1. A two-day SG17 e-plenary, 11-12 July, 4-6 hours/day, to complete SG17 preparation for next study period

• One-week physical SG17 meeting with remote participation, Geneva, 2-6 September 2024, no workshop; Open and extended management team meeting on Sunday 1 Sept, 16:00-18:00.

2.3       Interim RGMs

8 Questions plan to hold the following 11 RGMs before next SG17 meeting:

Annex A
Actions taken on Recommendations, and other texts at SG17 closing plenary on 1 March 2024

a)    TAP Recommendations approved (WTSA-20 Resolution 1)

1. b)    TAP Recommendations not approved (WTSA-20 Resolution 1)
2. TAP approval of updated texts (as identified in TDs below) are deferred to next SG17 physical meeting
   

c)     TAP Recommendations determined (WTSA-20 Resolution 1)

Note 1:  TAP determined at SG17 Aug/Sep 2022 meeting, TAP re-determined at SG17 Feb/Mar 2023 meeting, TAP approval deferred by SG17 Aug/Sep 2023 meeting, TAP re-determined again in this SG17 Feb/Mar 2024 meeting.

Note 2: TAP determined at SG17 Feb/Mar 2023 meeting, TAP approval deferred by SG17 Aug/Sep 2023 meeting, TAP re-determined in this SG17 Feb/Mar 2024 meeting.

d)    AAP Recommendations consented (Recommendation ITU-T A.8)

e)     Non-normative texts (Technical Report, Supplement, Implementers' Guide, etc) agreed

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Annex B
Recommendations planned for action in 2^nd SG17 meeting in 2024

1                 TAP Recommendations planned for TAP approval (WTSA-20 Resolution 1)

Note 3: TAP approval deferred by SG17 Feb/Mar 2024 meeting.

2                 TAP Recommendations planned for TAP determination (WTSA-20 Resolution 1)

3                 AAP Recommendations planned for AAP consent (Recommendation ITU-T A.8)

4                 Non-normative texts (Technical Report, Supplement, Implementers' Guide, etc) planned for agreement

Annex C
New work items

The following 54 new work items were agreed to be added to the SG17 Work Programme:

Note:  * marked items are for approval by TAP;  ** marked items are for approval by agreement; Items without any mark are for approval by AAP.​

Annex D
Work items discontinued

Annex E
SG17 meeting Statistics

• Participants (TD1496R1)
  

• ​Meeting input and organization
  

Table of SG17 statistics of this and some past meetings

Note * - fully virtual meeting

• Contributions: 187 – New record, DDP: 98%.
• APT 154 (82%) (= China 77 + Korea 54 + Japan 10 + India 9 + Malaysia 2+ Singapore 1+ Iran 1)
• EUR 18 (10%) (Denmark 11 + UK 7)
• Americas 9 (5%) (= US 8 + Brazil 1)
• AFR 5 (3%) (South Africa 1.25 + Uganda 1.25 + Ghana 1.25 + Mali 1 + Nigeria 0.25)
• RCC 1 (= Russia 1)
• LAM (0), ARAB (0). 

• LSi/o (matrix in TD1515) (past meetings: 60/25, 61/22, 55/21, 72/21)
• Incoming 89 – New record
• Outgoing 41 - New record
  

• TDs: 520 – New record