3rd Regional Workshop - Building cyber security capability for CERTs/CSIRTs...
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Description
The APNIC Foundation is pleased to invite you to the third workshop to build cyber security capability for CERTs/CSIRTs in the Pacific to be held in Apia, Samoa. This event follows the first two regional CERT training workshops organized during 2018 in Tonga and New Caledonia.
The program is structured around three days, and will include practical hands-on sessions, review of case-studies and interactive discussions. The workshop will also include a drill, where every participant will get to play as a CERT and need to work together to handle an ongoing attack/breach. The workshop will cover practical digital forensics, incident response and automation.
Participants will be required to bring their own laptops with vmware or virtualbox, and at least 4GB of RAM capacity.
Organiser APNIC Foundation with support from APNIC, CCP (DFAT) and the Samoa MCIT
Organiser of 3rd Regional Workshop - Building cyber security capability for CERTs/CSIRTs in the Pacific
This workshop was organized by the APNIC Foundation with support from APNIC and Samoa's Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, and funding from the Cyber Cooperation Program (Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade - DFAT).
The APNIC Foundation seeks to advance education in technical, operational and policy matters relating to Internet infrastructure in the Asia Pacific. This workshop is part of the Foundation's efforts to raise awareness of, and build capacity in cybersecurity in Pacific economies, as part of a project "Raising Cyber Security Capability and Awareness: A Secure and Resilient Internet Infrastructure for Development in the Pacific” funded by the Cyber Cooperation Program of the Australian Government's Departmenbt of Foreign Affairs (DFAT).
The Internet registry for the Asia Pacific, APNIC, provides the technical support needed by the project. APNIC is an open, member-based, not-for-profit organization, whose primary role is to distribute and manage Internet number resources (IP addresses and AS numbers) in the Asia Pacific region’s 56 economies. APNIC helps build essential technical skills across the region, supports Internet infrastructure development, produces insightful research, and is an active participant in the multistakeholder model of Internet cooperation and governance.
The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology facilitates, leads and implements the Government of Samoa's vision for Communications development. MCIT mission is to provide affordable, reliable and secure communications for all.
DFAT's Cyber Cooperation Program is designed to boost the resources behind Australia's cyber capacity building efforts in the Indo-Pacific. Projects funded by the Program encompass the full spectrum of cyber affairs, as articulated in Australia's International Cyber Engagement Strategy.
