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a CERT or Computer Incidents Response Team (CIRT) under the ADMM-Plus
framework. The Meeting also took note of the established ADMM-Plus EWG on CS
Points of Contact. The Philippines’ presentation appears as ANNEX 10.
4.4.
Efforts taken by ARF EEP
15.
On behalf of the Co-Chairs of the 12th ARF Experts and Eminent Persons
(EEPs), Ralph Cossa, ARF EEP of the United States briefed the Meeting on the
Final Report of the Working Group on ARF Initiatives in Promoting Cyber Security,
adopted by the 12th ARF EEPs Meeting held in Hanoi on 6-7 March 2018. The
Meeting also noted that the Report will be submitted to the 25th ARF. The EEP’s
recommendations call on the ARF: (i) to intensify responsibility of the ARF
Participants on cyber issues through, among others, sharing of national
cybersecurity laws/regulations and sharing of national assessment of cyber threats;
(ii) to promote cooperation among all stakeholders including governments,
organisations, and private entities to better utilise best-practices models in assessing
national status and progress in the implementation of cybersecurity policies; and (iii)
to strengthen capacity building and promote technical cooperation and confidencebuilding measures under the ambit of the ISM on ICTs Security. The Final Report of
the Working Group on ARF Initiatives in Promoting Cyber Security appears as
ANNEX 11.
AGENDA ITEM 5: CONCLUSION AND WAY FORWARD
16.
The Meeting agreed that to move forward with the TOR of the Study Group,
the proposed priority areas of the ISM on ICTs Security and the concept papers of
the five proposed initiatives, ARF Participants would submit further comments and
input to the Co-Chairs of the ISM on ICTs Security and the proponents of the
relevant initiatives, with a view to finalising the texts prior to the ARF SOM.
17.
The Meeting noted that arrangements for the 3rd and 4th Open Ended Study
Group as well as the 2nd ISM on ICTs Security would be communicated to ARF
Participants in due course.
AGENDA ITEM 6: CLOSING REMARKS BY CO-CHAIRS
18.
In their closing remarks, the Co-Chairs emphasised that while there were
different points of view among the 27 ARF Participants on a number of issues, the
Co-Chairs’ Summary Report of the 1st ARF ISM on ICTs Security
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 25-26 April 2018
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