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PC.DEC/1106
3 December 2013
4.
Participating States will voluntarily share information on measures that they have
taken to ensure an open, interoperable, secure, and reliable Internet.
5.
The participating States will use the OSCE as a platform for dialogue, exchange of
best practices, awareness-raising and information on capacity-building regarding security of
and in the use of ICTs, including effective responses to related threats. The participating
States will explore further developing the OSCE role in this regard.
6.
Participating States are encouraged to have in place modern and effective national
legislation to facilitate on a voluntary basis bilateral co-operation and effective, time-sensitive
information exchange between competent authorities, including law enforcement agencies, of
the participating States in order to counter terrorist or criminal use of ICTs. The OSCE
participating States agree that the OSCE shall not duplicate the efforts of existing law
enforcement channels.
7.
Participating States will voluntarily share information on their national organization;
strategies; policies and programmes – including on co-operation between the public and the
private sector; relevant to the security of and in the use of ICTs; the extent to be determined
by the providing parties.
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.