Other Activities Future Plans • HKCERT has secured Government funding to provide the basic CERT services About JPCERTCC

56 • Participated in the governments Information Infrastructure Liaison Group and Information Security Task Force • Met with the Macao CERT in her startup stage to foster closer collaboration and exchange of information.

5. Other Activities

5.1 Third party service review • HKCERT had carried out a third party review on the operations and services in November 2009 as requested by the government. JPCERTCC was invited as the reviewer. The review covered the core operations and services, publication, organizational relationships, supporting organization, information management and human resources. Recommendations were made on the enhancing the services and coping with the future trends.

6. Future Plans • HKCERT has secured Government funding to provide the basic CERT services

starting from 2009. We shall work closely with the government to plan for the future services of HKCERT. • We shall plan on implementing the recommendations proposed in the third party review. • We shall continue to propose new initiatives to the government and seek support from the government. • We shall continue to work closely with local ISPs and Domain Name Registries, to enhance our capability in proactive security incident discovery and malware analysis. • We shall revamp our web site and improve our internal systems to support the changing environment of our Computer Emergency Response Services. 57 7. JPCERTCC Activity Report Japan Computer Emergency Response TeamCoordination Center - Japan

1. About JPCERTCC

1.1 Establishment JPCERTCC is the first CSIRT Computer Security Incident Response Team established in Japan. It is an independent non-profit organization, serving as a national point of contact for the CSIRTs in Japan and worldwide. After its inception in 1992, JPCERTCC was officially established in 1996, and has been conducting incident handling operations, vulnerability handling operations, engaging in malware and threat analysis, publishing security alerts and advisories to the wide public, organizing forums and seminars to raise awareness of security issues, and supporting the establishment and operations of CSIRTs in Japan and overseas. 1.2 Constituency JPCERTCC coordinates with network service providers, security vendors, government agencies, as well as the industry associations in Japan.

2. Activities Operations