Executive Summary

Meeting of ITU-T SG17 'Security', virtual, 24 August - 3 September 2021

Hot topics

o   PKI, OID, TTCN-3

o   Countering spam and website spoofing

o   5G security

o   IoT security

o   Cloud security

o   Big data infrastructure security

o   Web based online customer service security

o   DLT based service security

o   Key management of QKDN

o   Security multi-party computation

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Meeting Output

• TAP approval (1): X.1233, Details are in Annex A a).
• TAP determined (11): 9 new and 2 revised Recommendations. Details are in Annex A d).
• AAP consented (19): 7 new, 10 revised Recommendations and 1 Corrigendum, 1 Amendment, for AAP Last Call. Details are in Annex A e).
• Agreed (2): 1 new Supplement and 1 new Technical Report. Details are in Annex A c).
• New work items (7): Details are in Annex B.
• Work items discontinued (4): Details are in Annex C.
• New Registry authority for Annex C of ITU-T X.666 | ISO/IEC 9834-7 (pending agreement by ISO/IEC/JTC 1/SC 6)
• Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
• Workshops:
• 2^nd ITU/WHO workshop on Digital Vaccination Certificate, jointly organized by ITU-T SG17, SG16 and SG20, date tbd in 2021 during ITU Digital World.

Next SG17 meetings

• Friday 7 Jan 2022, SG17 e-plenary (virtual, 11:00-16:00)
• Open and extended management team meeting on Wed 5 Jan 2022, 12:00-15:00.
• Tasks:
• Final review of SG17 reports to WTSA-20;
• Planning of future SG17 meeting after WTSA-20;
• 12 work items identified (X.pki-em for AAP consent + 11 determined texts for TAP approval) for action, see Annex A f).
• May/June 2022 SG17 meeting [virtual, 10/9 working days, 10:00-16:00] | [physical in Geneva, 8 working days]
• Open and extended management team meeting, tbd, virtual 13:00-15:00 | physical?
• 2^nd SG17 meeting in next study period: Aug/Sep 2022?
  
   
• Interim RGMs: 6 Questions plan to hold 8 RGMs before 1^st SG17 meeting after WTSA-20.

Tutorial

SG17 overview TD3787

Statistics of participants

SG17 Correspondence Group/task force​

• CG-SG17-meeting: new​​ (ToR in TD4006R2​)
  
• CG-wtsa20-prep (Correspondence Group on SG17 preparation for WTSA-20): continued​
  

Meeting input and organization​

• Contributions: 98 – stable, DDP: 99%.
  
• APT 81 (83%) [China 41 (42%), Korea 30 (31%), Japan 10 (10%)]
• Americas 8 (8%) [US 8]
• EUR 7 (7%) [Denmark 1, UK 1, Germany 4, Switzerland 1]
• AFR 2 (Kenya, Senegal, and Ghana)
• LAM (0), ARAB (0), RCC (0). 
• LS: (matrix in TD3801)
  
• incoming 46 - stable
• Outgoing 26 - stable
• TDs: 336 - stable
  

Annex A
Actions taken on Recommendations, and other texts at SG17 closing plenary on 3 Sept 2021

a) TAP Recommendations approved (WTSA-16 Resolution 1):

b) TAP Recommendations not approved (WTSA-16 Resolution 1):

none

c) Other texts (Supplement, Implementers' Guide, etc) agreed:

The SG17 plenary meeting approved the following texts by agreement:

d) Recommendation determined (TAP – WTSA-16 Resolution 1):

e) AAP Recommendations consented for Last Call (Recommendation ITU-T A.8):

The SG17 plenary meeting gave consent (AAP) to the following new/revised ITU-T Recommendations for Last Call according to Recommendation ITU-T A.8:

f) Recommendations planned for action in SG17 Jan 2022 meeting:

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Annex B
New work items

The following new work items were agreed to be added to the SG17 Work Programme:

Notes:

*: for TAP determination, **: for agreement, others for consent 

Annex C
Work items discontinued