Security – Asia Pacific Advanced Network

Chair : Jamie Gillespie [ jamie AT apnic.net ]

Co-Chairs :

Yoshiaki Kasahara [ kasahara AT nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp ]

Rakesh Kumar Jha [ jharakesh.45 AT gmail.com ]

Shankar Karuppayah [kshankar AT usm.my]

APAN Slack Channel : #security-wg

Introduction

APAN Security WG started as a Bird of Feather meeting during APAN Busan meeting in August 2003. After holding two more BoF meetings, APAN Security WG was established and held a first WG meeting during APAN Taipei meeting in August 2005.

Objectives

Security WG is established with the objectives of :

Prepare policies and guidelines for the security architecture for APAN Organization as well as monitoring its implementation.
To raise the security awareness and knowledge within APAN community.
To cooperate with other international security efforts to raise security awareness, capabilities and interoperation globally.
To achieve the objectives the working group will conduct bi-annual Sessions/ Workshops/Tutorials and WG meetings during APAN meetings.

Security architecture includes protection of the physical, intellectual, and electronic assets of the APAN, including its security policies, network access controls, virus protection, network administration and transaction security.
The security architecture must address issues relating to authentication, authorization, confidentiality, data integrity non-repudiation, and isolation.

Meetings/Workshops:

2024.01 Bangkok, TH Security WG Session (virtual)
2023.08 Colombo, LK Security WG Session (virtual)
2023.03 Nepal Security WG Session (virtual)
2022.08 China Security WG Session (virtual)
2022.02 Bangladesh Security WG Session (virtual)
2021.08 Yogjakarta Security WG Session (virtual)
2021.02 Islamabad Security WG Session (virtual)
2020.08 Hongkong Security WG Session (virtual)
2019.07 Putrajaya Security WG Session
2019.02 Daejeon Security Workshop
2018.08 Auckland Security Workshop
2018.03 Singapore Security Workshop
2017.08 Dalian Security Workshop
2017.02 New Delhi Security Workshop
2016.08 Hong Kong Security Workshop
2016.01 Manila Security Workshop
2015.08 Kuala Lumpur Security Workshop
2015.03 Fukuoka Security Workshop
2014.08 Nantou Security Workshop
2014.01 Bandung Security Workshop
2013.08 Daejeon Security Workshop
2012.08 Colombo Security Workshop
2012.02 Chiang Mai Security Workshop
2011.08 New Delhi Security Workshop
2011.02 Hong Kong Security Workshop
2010.08 Hanoi Security Workshop
2010.02 Sydney Security Workshop
2009.07 Kuala Lumpur Security Workshop and WG Meeting
2009.03 Kaohsiung Security Workshop
2008.08 New Zealand Joint Workshop on SIP and Network Security
2008.01 Hawaii Security Workshop
2007.08 Xi’an Security Workshop
2007.01 Manila Security Workshop and WG Meeting
2006.07 Singapore Security Workshop
2006.01 Tokyo Security Workshop and WG Meeting
2005.08 Taipei Security Tutorial and WG Meeting
2005.01 Bangkok Security Bof Meeting
2004.01 Honolulu Security Session in Network Technology Workshop and Bof Meeting
2003.08 Busan Security Workshop and BoF Meeting

* Contact Kasahara/Kyushu [kasahara AT nc.kyushu-u.ac.jp] for more information

Proposals

Upcoming APAN Meetings

Security WG Session (one or two 1.5h presentation sessions)

Gerrit Willem Bahlman was the previous Chair of the Asia Pacific Advanced Network and currently advisor to APAN. He was the Deputy Chair of the Board of Governors of the Trans-Eurasia Information Network Cooperation Centre ( TEIN*CC) and a member of the Steering Committee.

Gerrit has served as a Chief Executive Officer and Chief Information Officer in several different organisations and countries. He was the interim CEO of REANNZ in 2018/19, and was the Director of Information Technology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in Hong Kong for 8 years and the Chief Information Officer at Massey University in New Zealand for 20 years.

He has been the Director and Board member of the Joint Universities Computer Centre ( JUCC ) in Hong Kong and a JUCC Steering Committee Member. He is the inaugural Director of the JUCC Leadership Institute which is residential event with faculty and members from Hong Kong, China, Australia, the United States and New Zealand.