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8.
Participating States will nominate a contact point to facilitate pertinent
communications and dialogue on security of and in the use of ICTs. Participating
States will voluntarily provide contact data of existing official national structures
that manage ICT-related incidents and co-ordinate responses to enable a direct
dialogue and to facilitate interaction among responsible national bodies and
experts. Participating States will update contact information annually and notify
changes no later than thirty days after a change has occurred. Participating
States will voluntarily establish measures to ensure rapid communication at
policy levels of authority, to permit concerns to be raised at the national security
level.
9.
In order to reduce the risk of misunderstandings in the absence of agreed
terminology and to further a continuing dialogue, participating States will, as
a first step, voluntarily provide a list of national terminology related to security
of and in the use of ICTs accompanied by an explanation or definition of each
term. Each participating State will voluntarily select those terms it deems most
relevant for sharing. In the longer term, participating States will endeavour to
produce a consensus glossary.
10. Participating States will voluntarily exchange views using OSCE platforms
and mechanisms inter alia, the OSCE Communications Network, maintained by
the OSCE Secretariat’s Conflict Prevention Centre, subject to the relevant OSCE
decision, to facilitate communications regarding the CBMs.
11. Participating States will, at the level of designated national experts, meet
at least three times each year, within the framework of the Security Committee
and its Informal Working Group established by Permanent Council Decision
No. 1039 to discuss information exchanged and explore appropriate development
of CBMs. Candidates for future consideration by the IWG may include inter
alia proposals from the Consolidated List circulated by the Chairmanship of the
IWG under PC.DEL/682/12 on 9 July 2012, subject to discussion and consensus
agreement prior to adoption.
The following CBMs were first adopted through Permanent Council
Decision No. 1202 on 10 March 2016:
12. Participating States will, on a voluntary basis, share information and
facilitate inter-State exchanges in different formats, including workshops,
seminars, and roundtables, including on the regional and/or subregional level;