ITU - Cybersecurity Gateway - The High Level Expert Group

The High Level Expert Group

Judge Stein SCHJOLBERG
Moss Tingrett Court, Norway
Chairman

Judge Schjolberg is an international expert on cybercrime, and one of the founders of the harmonization of national criminal law on computer crime.

The award of Silver Medal to HLEG Chair by ITU Secretary General

Lauding his contributions, the ITU Secretary General, said that “Judge Schjolberg went above and beyond his role as chairman of this group and he dedicated countless hours to make the work of this group a success.”

Composition of HLEG:

Members of the HLEG will be nominated by the ITU Secretary-General, with due consideration to both geographical diversity and expertise in the five pillars or work areas of the Global Cybersecurity Agenda. General features and characteristics of HLEG include:

A global multi-stakeholder think-tank made up of high level experts from governments, industry, international organizations, research and academic institutions and individual experts.

To ensure balance in the membership of HLEG, its members will be nominated as follows:

Member States: government representatives of countries from the five world regions
Industry: manufacturers, operators, service providers, software developers, security and other information technology firms
Regional and International organizations
Academic and research institutions
Individual experts

High Level Experts Group

Today, the Internet has become an integral part of modern High Level Expert Group.

The High-Level Experts Group (HLEG) initiated the GCA process by giving advice on strategies in all five work areas.

The HLEG comprised a group of high-level experts from governments, industry, relevant regional/international organizations, research institutes, academic institutions and individual experts from every part of the world, appointed by the ITU Secretary-General.

The responsibilities of the HLEG were to meet and further develop the GCA, by proposing refinements to its main goals, analyze current developments in cybersecurity, including both threats and state-of-the-art solutions, anticipate emerging and future challenges, identify strategic options, and formulate proposals to the ITU Secretary-General and finally to provide guidance on possible long-term strategies and emerging trends in cybersecurity.

The HLEG met on multiple occasions at the ITU and in November 2008, the ITU published their strategies in a Global Strategic Report.

The Chairman’s Report further summarizes the work of the HLEG, the views expressed by HLEG members and other information about the work carried out by HLEG since its inception.

Some of the proposals were taken into consideration by the ITU Secretary General during Council 2008. Those proposals that were considered were reviewed by all the ITU Sectors, linked to the relevant ITU mandate and taken into account in the work programmes of the Sectors.