The ITU-T Study Group 17 (SG17) is a statutory group of the
ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) concerned with security. The group is concerned with a broad range of security-related standardization issues such as cybersecurity, security management, security architectures and frameworks, countering spam, identity management, biometrics, protection of personally identifiable information, and the security of applications and services for the Internet of Things (IoT). It is responsible for standardization of i.a.
ASN.1 and
X.509, it is also the parent body of the Focus Group on Quantum Information Technology (FG-QIT). The group is currently chaired by Heung Youl Youm of
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
.
Administratively, SG17 is a statutory meeting of the
World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly
The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA) is the governing conference of the ITU Standardization Sector (ITU-T), one of the three world conferences of the International Telecommunication Union, and as such, the United Nations ...
(WTSA),
which creates the ITU-T Study Groups and appoints their management teams. The secretariat is provided by the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (under Director
Chaesub Lee
Chaesub Lee PhD (Korean: 이재섭) is the Director of ITU Telecommunication Standardization Bureau, the permanent secretariat of the International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) and as such, an Under-Secr ...
).
Standards
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ASN.1
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X.500
X.500 is a series of computer networking standards covering electronic directory services. The X.500 series was developed by the ITU-T, Telecommunication Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T). ITU-T was former ...
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X.509
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X.800 X8 or X-8 may refer to:
* X8 (New York City bus)
* X8, a Metrobus route
*X8 protein domain
* Electrologica X8, a digital computer
* Mega Man X8, a video game
* Piaggio X8, an Italian-made motor scooter
* Roland Fantom-X8, a synthesizer keyboard b ...
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X.1035
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X.1205
X.1205 is a technical standard, that provides an overview of cybersecurity, it was developed by the Standardization Sector of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU-T
The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is one of ...
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RM-ODP
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OSI model
The Open Systems Interconnection model (OSI model) is a conceptual model that 'provides a common basis for the coordination of SOstandards development for the purpose of systems interconnection'. In the OSI reference model, the communications ...
Trustworthy AI
Together with
ITU-T Study Group 16
The ITU-T Study Group 16 (SG16) is a statutory group of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) concerned with multimedia coding, systems and applications, such as video coding standards. It is responsible for standardization of ...
and
AI for Good, the study group has been developing technology specifications under
Trustworthy AI
Trustworthy AI is a programme of work of the ITU (United Nations Specialized Agency for ICT) under its AI for Good programme. The programme advances the standardization of a number of Privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs), including homomorph ...
. Including items on
homomorphic encryption
Homomorphic encryption is a form of encryption that permits users to perform computations on its encrypted data without first decrypting it. These resulting computations are left in an encrypted form which, when decrypted, result in an identical ...
, secure
multi-party computation, and
federated learning
Federated learning (also known as collaborative learning) is a machine learning technique that trains an algorithm across multiple decentralized edge devices or servers holding local data samples, without exchanging them. This approach stands in ...
.
See also
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International Telecommunication Union
The International Telecommunication Union is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for many matters related to information and communication technologies. It was established on 17 May 1865 as the International Telegraph Unio ...
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ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
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ASN.1
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X.509
References
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External links
ITU main siteITU-T Study Group 17 web site
International Telecommunication Union