WELCOMING the Comprehensive Inter-American Cybersecurity Strategy: A
Multidimensional and Multidisciplinary Approach to Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity
(CP/doc.3901/04), recommended to this General Assembly by the Permanent Council as the joint
effort of member states and their experts with the technical expertise of CICTE, CITEL, and the
REMJA Group of Governmental Experts on Cyber-crime;
RECOGNIZING:
The urgency of increasing the security of information networks and systems commonly
referred to as the Internet, in order to address vulnerabilities and protect users, national security, and
critical infrastructures from the serious and damaging threats posed by those who would carry out
attacks in cyberspace for malicious or criminal purposes;
The need to create an inter-American alert, watch, and warning network to rapidly
disseminate cybersecurity information and to respond to and recover from crises, incidents, and
threats to computer security; and
The need to develop trustworthy and reliable Internet information networks and systems,
thereby enhancing user confidence in such networks and systems;
REITERATING the importance of developing a comprehensive strategy for protecting
information infrastructures that adopts an integral, international, and multidisciplinary approach; and
CONSIDERING:
United Nations General Assembly resolutions 55/63 and 56/121 on combating the criminal
misuse of information technologies; 57/239 on creation of a global culture of cybersecurity; and
58/199 on the creation of a global culture of cybersecurity and the protection of critical information
systems; and
That at its XII Meeting, the Permanent Executive Committee of the Inter-American
Telecommunication Commission (COM/CITEL) pointed out that “building a culture of cyber security
to protect telecommunication infrastructures by raising awareness among all participants in the
Americas in information systems and networks concerning the risk to those systems and by
developing necessary measures to address security risks to respond quickly to cyber incidents” is
within CITEL’s mandates,
RESOLVES:
1.
To adopt the Comprehensive Inter-American Cybersecurity Strategy:
A
Multidimensional and Multidisciplinary Approach to Creating a Culture of Cybersecurity, attached
hereto as Appendix A.
2.
To urge member states to implement the said Strategy.
3.
To urge member states to establish or identify national "alert, watch, and warning”
groups, also known as “Computer Security Incident Response Teams” (CSIRTs).