Inter-American Committee Inter-American Committee against Terrorismagainst Terrorism

CICTE• 1999 - primary forum for the Member State governments to promote national,

regional and international cooperation to prevent, combat and eliminate terrorism in the Americas

• 3 main tasks:• developing, coordinating and implementing technical assistance and

capacity building programs• serving as a clearinghouse of information and facilitating regional and

international cooperation and information-sharing• providing technical and administrative support to the secretariat

CICTE• serves and supports member states in their national and collective efforts to prevent,

combat, and eliminate terrorism in the Americas through programs organized into five main areas:

• Border Controls (which includes Maritime Security, Aviation Security, Travel Document Security and Fraud Prevention, Capacity Building in Border Controls- Customs, and UNSC Res 1540 implementation)

• Critical Infrastructure Protection (which includes Tourism Security, Security for Major Events and Cyber-security and Supply Chain Security)

• Legislative Assistance• Counter-terrorism Financing, Emerging Threats• Policy Development and International Coordination

Cyber Security StrategiesCyber Security Strategies

National strategies(success stories)

Colombia2011

Panama2013

Trinidad & Tobago2013

Jamaica

Bahamas

Dominica

Colombia

Paraguay

Chile

2014

Cyber-Security Strategy: Jamaica• Began working with Jamaica in early 2014; fourth member state CICTE works

with OAS facilitated defining of objectives through in situ meetings and surveys

• Composed drafts of strategy; submitted to Jamaica for comments/feedback

• Two weeks ago presented to public; awaiting official adoption by cabinet

• Political opposition even participated in the process

Colombia InterventionColombia Intervention

Colombia Intervention• Request from President of Colombia

• Asked CICTE to organize commission of international experts to analyze status of Colombia security

• Convened officials from North and South America, Europe, and Asia Pacific – technical, policy, law enforcement

• Crafted series of recommendations and presented to cyber leadership: Ministers of Defense and ICT, Attorney General’s Office, and Joint Chiefs of Staff

• Follow up project has begun; OAS will be working closely with Colombia throughout rest of 2014 and 2015

Our work in the AmericasOur work in the Americas

ArCERT- Argentinean Computer Emergency Response

CCIRC - Canadian Cyber Incident Response

US-CERT- United States Computer Emergency Readiness

CTIRGov – Brazilian Computer Security and Incident Response Team

CL-CERT- Chilean Computer Emergency Response Team

CSIRTsCSIRTs in the Americasin the Americas(current status)(current status)

Industrial Control: MexicoIndustrial Control: Mexico

Industrial Control: Mexico• Focused on energy sector – with PEMEX and the Federal Electricity Commission

• Also included security stakeholders: Police, CERT-MX, Navy, Attorney General

• Had both managerial and technical tracks

• Attendees drafted cyber security plans to address critical infrastructure needs

Training and best practicesTraining and best practices

Cyber-Security PartnershipsCyber-Security Partnerships

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