SESEI was invited as the delegate for the BIS Pacific Area Standards Congress (PASC) Workshop on Services Standardization held on 4th May 2015. DG BIS, Mr. M.J. Joseph inaugurated the Workshop and highlighted that;

1. India joined PASC way back in 2008 hence old association
2. Five topics identified by the Congress covering Education, ICT, Logistics, Tourism and Retail are of relevance to India as well.
3. Highlighted importance of standards and potential of service is huge to global economy and Services export from India is of key importance
4. Around 90 Indian standards exist in BIS database covering banking/finance, education, ICT and logistics
5. Service Quality Standards are implemented by various Govt. Department already. Detailed proceeding of the workshop were shared with the stakeholders

SESEI submitted a detailed report on Cyber Security, Telecom Security and Data Privacy status in India. A summary presentation was shared during the meeting, which was appreciated by the TC Cyber members. TC Cyber Chair confirmed its support to India through Project SESEI on the subject of Security through TSDSI which is planning to start a WG on Security.

SESEI attended the workshop to gain insight into this subject of global interest. SESEI attended the

Session 1: Setting the scene having Moderator as Mr Nicholas Witchell, BBC and Panelist as Mr. Adrian Belmonte from ENISA, Mr. Florent Frederik from EC, Mr Chirs Ensor from CESG,UK, and Mr Marc Henauer from MELANI, OIC Switzerland.

Mr Florent shared updates such as;

a) Online Trust & Cyber Security is of critical importance at DG Connect , b) NIS directive is still not fully accepted by member states , c) ITS, Aviation and Smart Grid are most critical infrastructure need to be safeguarded well. d) Digital Single Market has 16 initiatives and 13th initiative is dedicated to Cyber Security.

Mr. Adrian from ENISA shared update on;

a) A plethora of standardisation initiatives, b) Challenges of Maintenance and Complexity, c) Challenges from UE prospective d) ENISA approach and Action, e) ETSI CEN-CENELEC Cyber Security Coordination Group (CSCG) and f) ETSI ESI “Algopaper” , g) SMEs & Security Standards.

Mr. Chris shared updates covering

a) Cyber Essentials – 10 steps to Cyber Security, 70 Controls, b) ISO 27001/70 controls, c) NIST/90 controls

and Mr Marc shared updates on;

a) Future Challenges for Standards and possible Approaches, b) The Logic Framework of the NCS, Session gave a valuable insight to EU work on this subject.

Device Certification Discussion was scheduled by Global Certification Forum (GCF) and -TSDSI (Telecommunications Standards Development Society, India) especially around the Mobile Testing Standards developed by BIS.

The main aim for the discussion meeting was to collect the stakeholder’s views and recommendations on BIS draft standard on the safety and performance aspects of mobile phone handsets. BIS in Sep ‘14 released a draft standard on the safety and performance aspects of mobile phone handsets. In April 2015, TSDSI facilitated a discussion between BIS and GCF. There is a follow up meeting planned for Aug-Sep 2015. TSDSI took the initiative to collect stakeholder’s view on this topic, and presented the outcomes to BIS. BIS also agreed to work with TSDSI to develop the Technical Specification on their standards which could/would be used by Certification body for testing and certification. SESEI had worked with BIS in formulating this Mobile Standards in which various relevant ETSI standards have been referred for compliance. The meeting facilitated a healthy discussion during which the pros and cons from different stake holders were presented and a proposal was prepared. This activity will end with a report to the Secretariat and a presentation at the follow up meeting. The TSDSI GC / GBM will be responsible for any future activity within TSDSI.

An IPR focused seminar was organised jointly by EBTC and CII. Prominent speakers from EBTC, EBG ( European Business Group), European IPR experts and Senior officials from DIPP (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion an Ministry of Commerce & Industry spoke extensively on the IPR and patent related issues. The main topics discussed during the conference were:

• Public policy and government initiatives in the area of research, innovation and IPR
• Fostering competitiveness and economic development through bilateral co-operation in research, innovation and IPR
• How to benefit from ‘Make in India’ – the needs and expectations of the user community in respect of IPR
• Best practices in strengthening IPR administration through international co-operation

SESEI participated in the seminar and gained more insight into the IPR and patent related issues. He also got the opportunity to interact with the IPR experts and Ministry officials.

GISFI organised a joint workshop with IETE on “Cyber Security: The Lifeline of Information and Communication Technology (ICT)” from 3rd to 5th June 2015. The workshop also coincided with the 21st GISFI Standardisation Meeting (GSSM).

The GISFI workshop was centered upon an issue that is crucial and significant in the current times. The workshop agenda comprised of diverse speakers to present their views on the stated theme. SESEI participated in the meeting as a coveted speaker, representing ETSI and presented an over view of the Cyber and Telecom Security situation in India and the work being carried out at ETSI on Cyber security standards.