The upcoming APEC CERT Seminar is part of the APEC Leaders "call for closer cooperation between law enforcement officials and businesses in the field of information security and fighting computer crime." This commitment was made and target dates set in the following extract from the "APEC Leaders' Statement on Fighting Terrorism and Promoting Growth."
In Los Cabos, Mexico, APEC Leader's committed to:
Identify national cybercrime units and international high-technology assistance points of contact and create such capabilities to the extent they do not already exist, by October 2003.
Establish institutions that exchange threat and vulnerability assessment (such as Computer Emergency Response Teams) by October 2003.
("APEC Leaders' Statement on Fighting Terrorism and Promoting Growth," Los Cabos, Mexico, 26 October 2002) APEC CERT Seminar in Kuala Lumpur
Issues to be discussed at the APEC CERT Seminar in Kuala Lumpur will include:
Increasing awareness of the importance of developing CERTs
Exchanging information on cyber threats
Developing procedures for developing economies to establish CERTs
Building of trust relationships between CERTs from different economies.
Developing regional response mechanisms to cyber attacks.
The APEC CERT Seminar will be held at the Hotel Istana in Kuala Lumpur on March 22nd and 23rd prior to the 27th Meeting of the APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group Conference (APECTEL 27) being held from 24 to 28 March: www.apectel27.org.my
