http://www.tempo.com.ph/news.php?aid=16816 By MARS W. MOSQUEDA JR. October 04, 2005 CEBU CITY - Media practitioners were barred from entering the function room where diplomats, cyber security and terrorism experts and policy level officials from 25 nations converged to begin the three-day "2nd ASEAN Regional Forum Seminar on Cyber-terrorism." Aside from Asean countries, representatives from the United States, Australia Japan New Zealand are also present in the forum as observers. Behind closed doors, participants openly discussed and shared information and ideas on national policies on cyber terrorism and encouraged ARF participating countries to continuously cooperate and collaborate with each other in effectively addressing diverse cyber related threats and cyber terrorism. A source said that aside from the recommendations on anti-cyberterror and e-counter terrorism, each participating ARF country were asked to come up with a program that will be submitted to the ARF Ministers, it is hoped that a network of contacts will be developed, enlarged, and continuously updated. The three-day seminar aims to build and nurture a level of trust and confidence that will enable continued information sharing and related communications long after the seminar is over. The ARF network on the other hand, can be used as an important conduit for the flow of information that can be used in our daily flight against terror and actual cyber-terrorism-induced crisis situations. The 1st ARF seminar on cyber terrorism was held in Jeju Island, Korea on November 13-15 last year that was co-chaired by the Republic of Korea and the Philippines. The forthcoming second ARF seminar is a follow up forum that will take off from the discussions and recommendations put forward during the first seminar on cyber-terrorism. The ARF ministers during the 11th ASEAN Regional Forum Ministerial Meeting in Jakarta on July 2 last year highlighted the need for a greater regional cooperation to counter terrorism particularly in the area of law enforcement and intelligence sharing and to address the emotional and psychological reasons behind extremism and terrorism. One of the measures approved by the ARF ministers is a series of ARF seminars and workshops on counter-terrorism. _________________________________________ InfoSec News v2.0 - Coming Soon! http://www.infosecnews.org
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