ISACC Opening Plenary Presentation to GSC-10

1. Agenda Item: 4.5 ISACC Opening Plenary Presentation to GSC-10

2. ISACC • Formerly known as Telecommunications Standards Advisory Council of Canada, TSACC • To reflect global convergence, we have changed our name in 2004 to the ICT Standards Advisory Council of Canada www.isacc.ca

3. GSC Partnership is key to success IETF International National

4. Structure • ISACC accomplishes its work in three ways • semi-annual plenary sessions • Topical presentations are made on ICT standards issues, discussions are held on the progress of task groups and rapporteurs • special task groups • Formed as needed to develop Canadian views on international ICT standards that may contain regulatory, legal, security and policy aspects • Rapporteurs • Rapporteurs have been assigned to monitor areas of high interest

5. Current Rapporteurs • E-commerce • Security • ENUM • Intellectual Property Rights • SPAM • ICANN

6. Major Focuses • Since the last GSC-9 meeting in Korea, our focus has been on: • NGN • Security • Internet Governance • SPAM

7. NGN • Challenges and future impact of NGN • Independence of service-related functions from underlying transport technologies • Data network providers, traditional wireline and wireless carriers are converging and able to offer equivalent forms of NGN access and services. • Industry Canada is undergoing a Telecom Policy Review to deal with impact of convergence • Federal Regulator (CRTC) issued statement that VoIP is a regulated service for incumbent carriers • Convergence between Wireline and Wireless • Support for mobility • Common IMS Network enables integrated services • Service Enabled • Multimedia • VoIP • Unrestricted access by users to different services and/or service providers • Security • Important to provide a robust and secured telecom infrastructure

8. Security • Fall 2004 ISACC Plenary focused on security • Cyber-crime • New threats constantly emerge • Issues surround legal enforcement and getting a conviction • The foundation of any secure deployment of any application is a secure underlying infrastructure • IP Telecom Cyber Security Program (Industry Canada) • Objective: Ensure critical telecom infrastructure protection • Investigation and Analysis • Investigate and analyze impact of vulnerability incidence reports • Verification • Verify identified vulnerabilities • Discover • Identify potential vulnerabilities in telecom network architectures and protocols

9. Security (cont.) • IP Telecom Cyber Security Program (Industry Canada) • Protocol Analysis Lab • Funded security research with three Canadian universities • Encourage and promote research interests in network security amongst Canadian academia • VOIP, Wireless etc • Collaboration with industry • Findings assist in guiding security policy and standards work

10. New Wireless Technology and Services • Ultra-wideband • Broadband over power lines • WiMax Wi-Fi • Public Safety spectrum 700 MHz and 4.9 GHz • New spectrum access techniques

11. Internet Governance • ISACC has begun to examine Global Governance issues such as • Cyber-Crime • SPAM • Ensuring that everyone is represented • Focus is consistent with the core mandate of the ITU-T • Encourages the development of a predictable and secure Internet • Impact of new technology

12. Task Force on SPAM • ISACC participated in the Federal Task Force on SPAM. • Keys areas included: • Email Certification Principles and Methodologies • Commercial Email Validation • Final report submitted to the Minister of Industry • Next Steps are being Evaluated