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Executive Summary
Meeting of ITU-T SG17 'Security', Geneva, 2 – 6 September 2024

Hot topics of this meeting (summarizing both input & output)

• Prepare SG17 for WTSA-24/next Study Period and planned interregnum work
• AI security
• Digital twin and metaverse security
• Quantum based security, Post Quantum Cryptography
• 5G/6G security
• IoT security
• Cloud/edge/big data security

1         Meeting Output (meeting statistics see Annex E below)

• SG17 agreed to its Mandate, scope and Question texts for next study period
• SG17 opening plenary approved revised Q1/17 title and text after TSAG endorsement
• Output standards (37, see Annex A):
• TAP approval (9): Details are in Annex A a).
• TAP not approved (2): Details are in Annex A b).
• TAP determined (5): 5 new Recommendations. Details are in Annex A c).
• AAP consented (15): 6 new and 9 Amendments for AAP Last Call. Details are in Annex A d).
• Agreed (8): 3 new Supplements, 1 new Technical Report and 4 SG17 documents. Details are in Annex A e).
• New work items (10, see Annex B).
• New registration authority for the United Republic of Tanzania:
  {joint-iso-itu-t(2) country(16) tz(834)}
• SG17 Correspondence Groups active in the interregnum period:
• CG-RES (Correspondence Group on SG17 Restructuring): New, ToR in Annex of TD2253.
• CG-secapa (Correspondence Group on Security Capability and Architecture): continued, Revised ToR in TD2443.
• CG-COP (Child online protection): continued, Revised ToR in TD2512.
• CG-AIsec (Correspondence group on AI security): continued, revised ToR in TD2287R4.

2         Future SG17 meetings

1. 1^st SG17 meeting in 2025-2028 Study Period planned for 7-17 April 2025 (9 working days)
   

1. ​ITU mini workshop on security and privac​y for digital twin and metaverse (TD2270)
1. Interim RGMs
   
   8 Questions plan to hold the following 14 RGMs in the interregnum period before 1^st SG17 meeting in new Study Period:

Annex A
Actions taken on Recommendations, and other texts at SG17 closing plenary on 6 September 2024

a)     TAP Recommendations approved (WTSA-20 Resolution 1)

Note 1:  TAP determined at SG17 Aug/Sep 2022 meeting, TAP re-determined at SG17 Feb/Mar 2023 meeting, TAP approval deferred by SG17 Aug/Sep 2023 meeting, TAP re-determined again at SG17 Feb/Mar 2024 meeting.

Note 2: TAP determined at SG17 Feb/Mar 2023 meeting, TAP approval deferred by SG17 Aug/Sep 2023 meeting, TAP re-determined at SG17 Feb/Mar 2024 meeting.

Note 3: TAP determined at SG17 Aug/Sep 2023 meeting, TAP approval deferred by SG17 Feb/Mar 2024 meeting.

b)    TAP Recommendations not approved (WTSA-20 Resolution 1)

c)     TAP Recommendations determined (WTSA-20 Resolution 1)

d)    AAP Recommendations consented (Recommendation ITU-T A.8)

e)     Non-normative texts (Technical Report, Supplement, Implementers' Guide, etc) agreed

Annex B
New work items

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

Note:  * marked items are for approval by TAP;  ** marked items are for approval by agreement; Items without any mark are for approval by AAP.

Annex C
Work items discontinued

Annex D
SG17 meeting Statistics

• Participants (TD2154R1)

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• Meeting input and organization
  
  Table of SG17 statistics of this and some past meetings

Note ** 1-week meeting   * fully virtual meeting

• Contributions: 154 –high record for this 1-week meeting, DDP: 98%.
• APT 137 (89%) (= China 64 + Korea 51 + India 12 + Japan 6 + Malaysia 2+ Singapore 1+ Australia 1)
• EUR 8 (5%) (=UK 7 + Denmark 1)
• Americas 6 (4%) (= US 3 + Brazil 3)
• AFR 1 (=Mali 1)
• RCC 1 (= Russia 1)
• ARAB 1 (=Palestine 1)​

• LSi/o (matrix in TD2173) (past meetings: 89/41, 60/25 61/22, 55/21, 72/21)
• Incoming 147 – New record
• Outgoing 28

• TDs: 361