Alexander Ntoko is the Head of ITU Corporate Strategy and ITU Focal Point for WSIS Action Line C.5 (Security and Confidence). His responsibilities include assisting ITU Secretary-General in ensuring the achievement of ITU Strategic Goals in many areas including confidence and security.
He is also responsible for managing the execution of the ITU Global Cybersecurity Agenda (GCA) - A global framework for international cooperation launched by ITU Secretary-General on 17 May 2007 in response WSIS decisions and calls from ITU membership for ITU to coordinate global efforts in building trust and security in the information society.
His activities in information technology (IT) security began in the late 80s in the United States where he obtained Bachelors and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from the State University of New York (SUNY) in 1985 and 1987 respectively with specialization in Distributed Operating Systems and Data Communication Networks.
From the early 1990s, he played key role in the introduction of IT security services to ITU especially in the domain of e-commerce and initiated the World e-Trust Memorandum of Understanding (framework for building trust and confidence in ICTs). Since 1998, he has implemented projects on cyber security including the use of advanced security technologies (biometric authentication and Public Key Infrastructure) in a number of developing countries. He has organized and spoken at many international events, written papers on technology strategies for cyber security and has assisted many developing countries on technology strategies and policies for cyber security in ICT applications (e.g., e-health, e-government, e-payment and e-business). He has been an official of ITU in Geneva, Switzerland for more than 18 years.