Besides governments of the world, IMPACT recognises the important role played by the private and academic sectors in safeguarding the global cyberspace. IMPACT's International Advisory Board ('IAB') - convening for the first time during the IMPACT Summit, comprises a distinguished list of globally renowned experts from industry and academia.

Together with other international organisations and stakeholders, IMPACT offers our international community of nations an opportunity to collaborate more effectively to prevent and respond to cyberthreats on a global level.

IMPACT provides a platform for sharing and exchanging of knowledge and best practices between these cyberexperts and governments of the world in mitigating the threats of cyber-terrorism.

IMPACT International Advisory Board
	Dr. Vinton Cerf Chief Internet Evangelist of Google, 'Father of the Internet'
	Steve Chang Founder & Chairman of Trend Micro
	Ayman Hariri Chairman of Oger Systems
	Mikko Hypponen Chief Research Officer of F-Secure
	Eugene Kaspersky Founder & CEO of Kaspersky Lab
	Prof. Fred Piper Founder of the International Security Group at Royal Holloway, University of London
	Prof. Howard Schmidt Former White House Security Advisor; Former Chief Security Officer for Microsoft and eBay
	John W. Thompson Chairman & CEO of Symantec Corp
	Dr. Hamadoun Touré Secretary-General of International Telecommunications Union (ITU)