2015 ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM WORK PLAN ON SECURITY OF AND IN THE USE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES vii. raising awareness for non-technical personnel and policy makers on threats in the use of ICTs and methods for countering such threats; viii. measures to promote cooperation among ARF Participating Countries against criminal and terrorist use of ICTs including, inter alia, cooperation between law enforcement agencies and legal practitioners, possible joint task force between countries, crime prevention and information sharing on possible regional cooperation mechanism; ix. discussion on the terminology related to security of and in the use of ICTs to promote understanding of different national practices and usage; x. consideration of establishment of senior policy Point of Contacts between ARF Participating Countries to facilitate real time communication about events and incidents in relation to security of and in the use of ICTs of potential regional security significance; and xi. consideration of establishment of channels for online information sharing on threats in ICT space, global ICT incidents and sources of ICT attacks threatening critical infrastructure, and development of modalities for real time information sharing (leveraging activities conducted by CERT networks). It is important to establish relationships and cooperation, between government- mandated authorities on national security of ARF Participating Countries, through establishment of senior policy point of contacts between ARF Participating Countries to facilitate real time communication about events and incidents in relation to security in the use of ICTs of potential regional security significance. The ARF will build on relevant work underway in other forums including the United Nations, the UN Group of Governmental Experts on developments in the field of information and telecommunications in the context of international security, and the UN Open-ended Intergovernmental Expert Group on Cybercrime. It is not the intention of the ARF to duplicate this work. PROPOSED PROJECTS: 1. ARF Workshop on Operationalising Confidence-Building Measures for Cooperation During Cyber Incident Response (proposed by the EU and Malaysia), first half of 2016, location tbc. 2. ARF Workshop on Cyber Security Capacity Building (proposed by China and Malaysia), 29-30 July 2015, Beijing. 3. ARF Seminar on Operationalising Confidence-Building Measures in the ASEAN Regional Forum (proposed by the United States and Singapore), fall 2015, Singapore. IMPLEMENTED PROJECTS: 1. “ARF Workshop on Cyber Confidence Building Measures” by Australia and Malaysia, 25-26 March 2014, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2. “ARF Workshop on Measures to Enhance Cyber Security-Legal and Cultural Aspects” by China and Malaysia, 11-12 September 2013, Beijing, China. 3. “ARF Seminar on Confidence Building Measures in Cyberspace” by Republic of Korea and Malaysia, 11-12 September 2012, Seoul, Republic of Korea. UNOFFICIAL TEXT · CENTRE FOR INTERNATIONAL LAW · www.cil.nus.edu.sg Page 3 of 4