h. AusCERT2007 IT Security Conference, Australia.
i. GOVCERT.nl, Netherland.
4.2 Publication
4.2.1 Alerts, Advisory and other publication
Alerts, Advisories and publications are available on MyCERTs website at httpwww.mycert.org.my.
5.0 INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
5.1 Engagement Session
As part of MyCERT initiatives to establish greater collaboration with National CERTsCSIRTs, we have initiated face-to-face engagement session with new emerging
National CERTs such as Sri Lanka CERT and IDSIRTII with the objective to foster greater collaboration and effective handling of incidents among CERTs.
5.2 Sponsor Team Application
For FIRST membership application, MyCERT had become sponsors for 2 teams who have now been successfully accepted as FIRST member. MyCERT was also
involved in the sponsoring of Sri Lanka CERT application to become APCERT member.
6.0 FUTURE PLANS
In the future, MyCERT, via its host organization, CyberSecurity Malaysia, intends to expand its resources and capabilities to be able to play a proactive role in detection and alert on new cyber
security threats as well as collaborating with other CERTsCSIRTs as well as other leading organization on the global platform in combating phishing, botnet and other online crimes. MyCERT
will also continue to assist organizations to establish incidents response capabilities in their respective constituency.
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H. SingCERT Activity Report 2007
Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team – Singapore
1.0 About SingCERT
1.1 Introduction The Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team SingCERT is a one-stop centre for
security incident response in Singapore. Besides providing assistance to its constituency in incident resolution and co-ordination, SingCERT also broadcasts security alerts, advisories and
security patches. To promote security awareness and to educate the general public, SingCERT organises frequent seminars, workshops and sharing sessions covering a wide range of security
topics.
1.1.1 Establishment SingCERT was set up in 1997 to facilitate the detection, resolution and prevention of security
related incidents on the Internet. SingCERT is a government funded national initiative and is managed and driven by the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore.
1.1.2 Constituency SingCERT provides services primarily to the Singapore local constituency comprising of
companies and end users.
2.0 Activities Operations
2.1 Incident Trend For 2007, phishing and malicious software continued to be a concern. SingCERT handled on average
3 phishing incidents a month for FY07. SingCERT worked with our Internet Service Providers ISPs and other foreign CERTs to track down affected systems and users and informed them on how
to secure their systems.
2.2 Participation in events SingCERT participated in the APCERT Annual Drill 2007 and provided the IRC server that was
used for co-ordination and communication by the drill participants.
3.0 Events organised co-organised
3.1 Seminars and
Workshops In our continued efforts to keep our constituency updated on security trends and developments,
SingCERT organised 3 seminars and 2 workshops for the year 2007. 4.0 International Collaboration
4.1 Incident Drill
SingCERT planned and led the ASEAN CERT Incident Drill ACID 2007 which expanded its scope to include not only the 10 ASEAN member countries, but also the dialogue partners and
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