ITU-T Study Group 17

{{Short description|Standardization body focused on cyberseucirty standards, (e.g. X.509)}}

{{Self-published|date=October 2022}}

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| name = ITU-T Study Group 17

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| abbreviation = SG17

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| formation = 1984

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| type = Standards organization

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| purpose = Security

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| location = Geneva, Switzerland

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| region_served = Worldwide

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| leader_title = Chair

| leader_name = Arnaud Taddei

| leader_title2 = Secretary

| leader_name2 = Xiaoya Yang

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| publications = ASN.1, X.509

| parent_organization = World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (ITU-T)

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| affiliations = ISO/IEC JTC 1

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| key_people = Seizo Onoe

| website = {{URL|https://www.itu.int/go/tsg17}}

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The ITU-T Study Group 17 (SG17) is a statutory group of the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) concerned with security.{{Cite web |date=2020-03-30 |title=Study Group 17 |url=https://2020.standict.eu/standards-watch/study-group-17-security |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903090822/https://2020.standict.eu/standards-watch/study-group-17-security |archive-date=2022-09-03 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=StandICT.eu |language=en}}{{Cite journal |last1=Kelly |first1=Tim |last2=Adolph |first2=Martin |date=October 2008 |title=ITU-T initiatives on climate change |url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/abstract/document/4644127/ |journal=IEEE Communications Magazine |volume=46 |issue=10 |pages=108–114 |doi=10.1109/MCOM.2008.4644127 |issn=1558-1896 |s2cid=19994389|url-access=subscription }} 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).{{Cite web |date=2022-09-02 |title=Study Group 17 - Security |url=https://www.itu.int:443/en/ITU-T/studygroups/2022-2024/17/Pages/default.aspx |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903090259/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/studygroups/2022-2024/17/Pages/default.aspx |archive-date=2022-09-03 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=ITU |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Why Broadcom Software is Optimistic About Global Standards in Cyber Security |url=https://www.cio.com/article/309025/why-broadcom-software-is-optimistic-about-global-standards-in-cyber-security.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220903092818/https://www.cio.com/article/309025/why-broadcom-software-is-optimistic-about-global-standards-in-cyber-security.html |archive-date=2022-09-03 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=CIO |language=en-US}} It is responsible for standardization of i.a. ASN.1 and X.509, it was also the parent body of the Focus Group on Quantum Information Technology (FG-QIT). The group is currently chaired by Arnaud Taddei of Broadcom Europe.{{Cite web |title=ITU Study Group 17 Management |url=https://www.itu.int/net4/ITU-T/lists/mgmt.aspx?Group=17&Period=18|access-date=2025-04-15 |website= ITU |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Schaefer |first=Brett D. |title=Countering China's Growing Influence at the International Telecommunication Union |url=https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/report/countering-chinas-growing-influence-the-international-telecommunication |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220307122010/https://www.heritage.org/global-politics/report/countering-chinas-growing-influence-the-international-telecommunication |url-status=unfit |archive-date=March 7, 2022 |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=The Heritage Foundation |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Monumental Cybersecurity Blunders |url=https://circleid.com/posts/20220513-monumental-cybersecurity-blunders |access-date=2022-09-03 |website=circleid.com |language=en}}

Administratively, SG17 is a statutory meeting of the World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA),{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA-20)|url=https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa20/Pages/default.aspx|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200719131429/https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/wtsa20/Pages/default.aspx|archive-date=2020-07-19|access-date=2020-07-25|website=www.itu.int}} which creates the ITU-T Study Groups and appoints their management teams. The secretariat is provided by the Telecommunication Standardization Bureau (under Director Seizo Onoe).