ITU-T Study Group 17

ITU-T Study Group 17

Abbreviation	SG17
Formation	1984
Type	Standards organization
Purpose	Security
Location	Geneva, Switzerland
Region served	Worldwide
Chairman	Heung Youl Youm
Secretary	Xiaoya Yang
Key people	Seizo Onoe
Parent organization	World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (ITU-T)
Affiliations	ITU-T Study Group 16, ISO/IEC JTC 1
Website	www.itu.int/go/tsg17

The ITU-T Study Group 17 (SG17) is a statutory group of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) concerned with security.[1][2] 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).[3][4] 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.[5][6][7]

Administratively, SG17 is a statutory meeting of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA),[8] 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).

Standards

• ASN.1
• X.500
• X.509
• X.800
• X.1035
• X.1205
• RM-ODP
• OSI model

Trustworthy AI

Together with ITU-T Study Group 16 and AI for Good, the study group has been developing technology specifications under Trustworthy AI. Including items on homomorphic encryption, secure multi-party computation, and federated learning.

See also

• International Telecommunication Union
• ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector
• ASN.1
• X.509

References

1. "Study Group 17". StandICT.eu. 2020-03-30. Archived from the original on 2022-09-03. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
2. Kelly, Tim; Adolph, Martin (October 2008). "ITU-T initiatives on climate change". IEEE Communications Magazine. 46 (10): 108–114. doi:10.1109/MCOM.2008.4644127. ISSN 1558-1896. S2CID 19994389.
3. "Study Group 17 - Security". ITU. 2022-09-02. Archived from the original on 2022-09-03. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
4. "Why Broadcom Software is Optimistic About Global Standards in Cyber Security". CIO. Archived from the original on 2022-09-03. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
5. "ITU World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly 2020: Background Paper". Internet Society. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
6. Schaefer, Brett D. "Countering China's Growing Influence at the International Telecommunication Union". The Heritage Foundation. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
7. "Monumental Cybersecurity Blunders". circleid.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
8. "World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-20)". www.itu.int. Archived from the original on 2020-07-19. Retrieved 2020-07-25.

External links

• ITU main site
• ITU-T Study Group 17 web site