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I. 2005 APCERT Steering Committee Report
A. APCERT SC Meetings
Since the last AGM in Kyoto, Japan, the SC held six teleconferences and two SC meetings in person.
B. APCERT Policies and Procedures Progressed
1. Finalised the APCERT Point of Contact Arrangements in June 2005 which are now subject to AGM approval
2. Established the Operational Framework which are now subject to AGM approval
C. Secretariat
During the last 12 month period, the Secretariat JPCERTCC supported the SC through recording minutes and making meeting arrangements and has contributed fellowship funding for smaller APCERT
teams.
D. New Team Applications
JPCERTCC conducted a site visit of CERT-In as part of their sponsorship of CERT-In’s application for APCERT membership. SingCERT has provided an application from BP DSCIRT to join APCERT and
will follow up with a site visit and sponsor report to complete the process.
E. Web Site
JPCERTCC has released a new APCERT.org web site. The APCERT web site will be updated further to enable APCERT member only access to POC contact details and other non-public APCERT
documentation.
F. APCERT International Relationships and Engagements
SC members have been active in terms of promoting and representing APCERT in various international government and non-government forums. For example:
1. Achieved gaining recognition for APCERT as guest status on APEC Tel e-Security workgroup.
2. APCERT was represented, and gave presentations to APEC Tel e-Security workgroups in 2005.
8 3. Four APCERT SC team members briefed the ASEAN CIOs in Vietnam in March 2006.
4. SC members JPCERTCC and KRCERTCC are representatives of the FIRST SC. 5. In September 2005, CNCERTCC hosted a symposium on “National Computer Emergency
Response Capability Building and Regional Cooperation” for ASEAN countries. 6. SingCERT put up a proposal to ASEAN to conduct an incident drill for member countries. The
proposal was accepted and the drill is planned for mid 2006. 7. JPCERTCC represented APCERT at the TF-CSIRT meeting in Lisbon in September 2005.
8. AusCERT represented APCERT at the Organisation of American States in Brazil in September 2005.
9. AusCERT and JPCERTCC attended the GovCERT.nl Symposium in the Netherlands in September 2005.
10. AusCERT represented APCERT at a meeting of European Government CSIRTs in Netherlands in September 2005.
11. As a result of some of these relationship-building activities, European Network Information Security Agency ENISA, TF-CSIRT and Organisation of Amercian States OAS representatives
will attend the APCERT AGM. 12. JPCERTCC attended the International Watch and Warning Network IWWN, a multi-lateral
government forum, in Germany in October 2005 and gave a presentation about APCERT.
G. APCERT Incident Handling Drill