Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism: Cyber security and Terrorism committee convenes its 12th annual meeting
Thursday, March 8th, 2012 10:26:51 by Fayyaz Yaseen
Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism: Cyber security and Terrorism committee convenes its 12th annual meeting
Washington: (Thursday, March 08, 2012) a U.S. Government delegation led by Coordinator for Counterterrorism Ambassador Daniel Benjamin participated in the 12th annual meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American
Committee Against Terrorism (CICTE), an entity that focuses on countering terrorist threats in the Western Hemisphere.
The meeting, which focused on cyber-security cooperation, featured a keynote address by Christopher Painter, the Coordinator for Cyber Issues at the U.S. Department of State, who commended the efforts of the OAS to build cyber-security
capacity in the hemisphere and pledged U.S. support for ongoing efforts.
The meeting marked an important step, not only in recognizing the work that the CICTE Secretariat has carried out, but also in examining how cyber-security issues have evolved, changed, and grown in importance and visibility in
the last decade.
The outcome of the meeting will be a renewed commitment to open, secure and reliable cyber infrastructure in the Western Hemisphere. In addition to adopting the 2012 CICTE Declaration on Strengthening Cyber-Security in the Americas,
CICTE adopted a new work plan with specific steps to enhance OAS members’ cyber capacity.
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on Mar 8 2012. Filed under USA, World.
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