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<div>I wanted to share with you this invitation to our IGF workshop on ICT supply chain security.<br>
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<div>Andreas
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<div dir="ltr"><b>From:</b> Andreas Kuehn <akuehn@eastwest.ngo><br>
<b>Date:</b> October 24, 2020<br>
<b>Subject:</b> <b>WORKSHOP INVITATION: U.N. Internet Governance Forum-Assurance and Transparency in ICT Supply Chain Security, November 12</b><br>
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<div dir="ltr"><b>U.N. Internet Governance Forum: Assurance and Transparency in ICT Supply Chain Security Workshop</b><br>
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<div>Time: <b>Thursday, November 12, 09:00 to 10:30 UTC</b> (<a href="https://time.is/9AM_12_Nov_2020_in_UTC?IGF_Assurance_and_Transparency_in_ICT_Supply_Chain_Security_Workshop" target="_blank">click here to convert to local time</a>)<br>
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I am pleased to invite you to the Assurance and Transparency in ICT Supply Chain Security Workshop at the U.N. Internet Governance Forum. The
<a href="https://www.eastwest.ngo/" target="_blank">EastWest Institute</a> is organizing this workshop in cooperation with the
<a href="https://www.ausimaroc.com/" target="_blank">Association des Utilisateurs des Systèmes d’Information au Maroc</a>, the
<a href="https://icta.go.ke/" target="_blank">ICT Authority of Kenya</a> and <a href="https://www.kaspersky.com/" target="_blank">
Kaspersky</a>.<br>
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<b><i>Description</i></b><br>
Ensuring security in global supply chains is critical to ensuring trust in ICT and the future of the digital society. Today’s ICT products and services are comprised of a multitude of software, hardware, and service components, which are produced by a large
number of manufacturers, vendors and service operators from around the globe, making the security of supply chains and the mitigation of third-party risk a daunting task.<br>
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With a focus on the Global South and emerging markets as well as small and medium-sized businesses, this interactive workshop will shed light on challenges and developments in supply chain security assurance and transparency. Participants will discuss approaches
to strengthen risk mitigation and trust in ICT supply chains including:<br>
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<li>Assessing ICT supply chain risk and the threat landscape</li><li>Building confidence in ICT supply chains through assurance and transparency measures</li><li>Closing the ICT supply chain security capacity and competence gap</li></ul>
A detailed description of the workshop and background materials are available on the
<a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-ws-176-assurance-and-transparency-in-ict-supply-chain-security" target="_blank">
IGF website</a>. EWI’s recent reports on ICT supply chain risk and security are available
<a href="https://www.eastwest.ngo/technationalism" target="_blank">here (2020)</a> and
<a href="https://www.eastwest.ngo/idea/purchasing-secure-ict-products-and-services-buyers-guide" target="_blank">
here (2016)</a>.<br>
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<b><i>Speakers</i></b></div>
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<div>Dr. Andreas Kuehn, Senior Program Associate at the EastWest Institute will moderate the panel. Distinguished speakers include:<br>
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<li>Dr. Philipp Amann, Head of Strategy, Europol EC3 European Cybercrime Centre</li><li>YBhg. Dato' Ts. Dr. Haji Amirudin Bin Abdul Wahab, CEO, CyberSecurity Malaysia</li><li>Dr. Katherine Getao, CEO, ICT Authority of Kenya</li><li>Ms. Anastasiya Kazakova, Public Affairs Manager, Kaspersky</li><li>Mr. Mohamed Saad, President, Association des Utilisateurs des Systèmes d’Information au Maroc (AUSIM)</li></ul>
<b><i>Registration</i></b></div>
<div><a href="https://www.intgovforum.org/multilingual/content/igf-2020-registration" target="_blank">Click here to register</a> on the IGF website for the 2020 Internet Governance Forum. After you have created an account, please select the session “WS #176
Assurance and transparency in ICT supply chain security” and click “Add this session to my Schedule” to complete your registration. You will receive instructions on how to join the session prior to the event.<br>
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If you have any questions about the workshop, please contact me at <a href="mailto:akuehn@eastwest.ngo" target="_blank">
akuehn@eastwest.ngo</a>.<br>
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I hope you can join us for the IGF Supply Chain Security workshop!<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
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