Q-CERT

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The Qatar Computer Emergency Response Team was created in December 2006 by CERT/CC and ictQATAR. It is Qatar's coordination center in dealing with internet security problems.

History

Q-CERT was the first-ever CERT to be established in the Middle East.[1] Plans for Q-CERT were first announced in December 2006 after ictQATAR and the CERT Coordination Center entered into a partnership.[2] It signed a cooperation agreement with the SANS Institute to provide training courses in cyber security for IT specialists in Qatar's government.[3] In November 2016, the first GCC cyber drill was held under the auspices of Q-CERT and was engaged in by internet security specialists from four GCC countries.[4]

Goals

The goals of Q-CERT are to:[2]

  1. Create awareness of cybersecurity in private-public institutions and the public;
  2. Provide proactive and guided approaches for managing ICT security in the civil society;
  3. Assist private-public stakeholders in managing risks and vulnerabilities against the country's information infrastructures;
  4. Ensure integrity and confidentiality of data crucial to the wide range of online services that will be offered;
  5. Introduce cybercrime laws and privacy laws and educate the public on their rights.

See also

  • CERT/CC

References

  1. ↑ "Qatar's National Cyber Drills". Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology. 2013. https://www.enisa.europa.eu/events/2nd-enisa-conference/presentations/Omar%20SHERIN-%20Q-CERT-%20Qatar%20-%202013%20CS%20drills%20for%20the%20Energy%20sector%20in%20Qatar.pdf. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "CERT Coordination Center Partners With Qatar's Supreme Council to Battle Cyber Risks". Carnegie Mellon University. 15 December 2005. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/news-events/news/article.cfm?assetId=508928. 
  3. ↑ "ictQATAR's Q-CERT Enhances Cyber Preparedness in Critical Sectors Through Trainings". Ministry of Transport and Communications. http://www.motc.gov.qa/en/news-events/news/ictqatar%E2%80%99s-q-cert-enhances-cyber-preparedness-critical-sectors-through-trainings. 
  4. ↑ "Q-CERT holds GCC Cyber Security Drill". Gulf Times. 14 November 2016. http://www.gulf-times.com/story/521096/Q-CERT-holds-GCC-Cyber-Security-Drill. 

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