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Stay Smart Online Alert Service
In June 2008 AusCERT commenced a new service under contract from the Australian government, which is part of the governments broader Stay Smart
Online initiative
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. The Stay Smart Online Alert Service is a free service aimed at home users and SMEs with little or no technical knowledge. The service
provides access to email, web and RSS feeds and includes a monthly newsletter and fact sheets
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3.1. Training
AusCERT provided a series of public hands on workshops for Australian and New Zealand security professionals including AusCERT members throughout
2008, including Information Security Management workshops held in Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide, Auckland, Melbourne, Canberra and Sydney.
AusCERT also focussed recently on engaging with local industry groups in Australia including the Australian Computer Society and on educating Australian
secondary schools. AusCERT prepared consumer security advice and participated in the Australian
governments Stay Smart Online Awareness week, coordinated by the Department of Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy.
3.2. Drills
In December 2008, APCERT ran its annual security exercise based on a fictional scenario involving 14 teams across 13 Asia Pacific economies. AusCERT
helped organise the running of the drill and participated in the drill exercise as responders.
3.3. Conferences
AusCERT held its annual Asia-Pacific Information Security Conference at the Gold Coast Australia in May 2008 with over 1,000 delegates
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. The conference continues to show itself to be the premier information security conference in
Australia and the southern hemisphere conducted by information security
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decision makers in the field. Coinciding with the annual AusCERT conference, AusCERT also hosts other
networking and information sharing events. For example, AusCERT hosts an invitation only online crime symposium for key stakeholders and organisations
that are most likely to be affected by this crime or are in a position to assist deal with the crimes. The purpose of the symposium is to bring experts with particular
insight into the problems to share their knowledge and experience with those who have the ability to help address the problems.
Computer Security Day is an international event to raise awareness of computer security issues. To mark Computer Security Day in 2008, AusCERT organised a
non-profit event in Brisbane. During 2008, AusCERT participated in a number of international conferences and
events, including: Digital Phishnet, Singapore
APCERT2008, Hong Kong CyberStorm International Cyber Security Exercise
FIRST annual conference and technical colloquium GovCERT.nl annual conference
AP CERT-FI seminar
APEC-Tel Stability and Security Committee meetings
4. Achievements 4.1. Presentations
