4 widespread security vulnerabilities and incident coordination throughout the
region. One important role of CERTsCSIRTs is conducting education and training to raise awareness and encourage best practices in information security. APCERT
coordinates activities with other regional and global organisations, such as the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams FIRST: www.first.org; the
Trans-European Research and Education Networking Association TERENA: www.terena.org task force TF-CSIRT: www.terena.nltechtask-forcestf-csirt, a
task force that promotes collaboration and coordination between CSIRTs in Europe; the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation – Computer Emergency Response
Team OIC-CERT: www.oic-cert.net, a collaboration of information security organisations among the OIC member countries; and the STOP. THINK.
CONNECT. www.stopthinkconnect.org. The geographical boundary of APCERT activities is the same as that of the Asia
Pacific Network Information Centre APNIC. The region covers the entire Asia Pacific, comprising of 56 economies. The list of those economies is available at:
www.apnic.netabout-APNICorganizationapnics-region
2. APCERT Members
APCERT was formed in 2003 by 15 teams from 12 economies across the Asia Pacific region, and its membership has continued to increase since then. In 2014, Lao
Computer Emergency Response Team LaoCERT of Lao People’s Democratic Republic and
Mongolian Cyber Emergency Response Team MNCERTCC of Mongolia were approved its membership as Operational Member. Bkav formerly
known as BKIS, an Operational Member made its membership transition into Supporting Member. Microsoft Corporation and Dell SecureWorks also joined
APCERT as Supporting Member. During the APCERT Annual General Meeting AGM held in March 2013 in
Brisbane, Australia, APCERT adopted a new membership structure under the Operational Framework. Pursuant to the new scheme, as of 1 October 2013, the
existing Full and General Members were transitioned to Operational Members operational CSIRTsCERTs in the Asia Pacific region and Supporting Members
cyber security related organisations, regardless of the region, that can support APCERT’s mission and operations. For further information on the new
5 membership, please refer to the APCERT Operational Framework
www.apcert.orgdocumentspdfOPFW26Mar2013.pdf. As of December 2014, APCERT consists of 27 Operational Members from 20
economies across the Asia Pacific region and 3 Supporting Members. Operational Members 27 Teams 20 Economies
Team Official Team Name
Economy AusCERT Australian Computer Emergency Response Team
Australia bdCERT
Bangladesh Computer Emergency Response Team Bangladesh
BruCERT Brunei Computer Emergency Response Team Negara Brunei
Darussalam CCERT
CERNET Computer Emergency Response Team People’s Republic of
China CERT
Australia CERT Australia
Australia CERT-In
Indian Computer Emergency Response Team India
CNCERTCC National Computer network Emergency Response
technical Team Coordination Center of China People’s Republic of
China EC-CERT
Taiwan E-Commerce Computer Emergency Response Team
Chinese Taipei HKCERT
Hong Kong Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre
Hong Kong, China ID-CERT Indonesia Computer Emergency Response Team
Indonesia ID-SIRTIICC
Indonesia Security Incident Response Team of Internet InfrastructureCoordination Center
Indonesia JPCERTCC
Japan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center
Japan KrCERTCC Korea Internet Security Center
Korea LaoCERT Lao Computer Emergency Response Team
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
mmCERTCC Myanmar Computer Emergency Response Team Myanmar
MNCERTCC Mongolia Cyber Emergency Response Team
Coordination Center Mongolia
MOCERT Macau Computer Emergency Response Team
Coordination Centre Macao
MonCIRT Mongolian Cyber Incident Response Team Mongolia
MyCERT Malaysian Computer Emergency Response Team Malaysia
NCSC New Zealand National Cyber Security Centre
New Zealand SingCERT Singapore Computer Emergency Response Team
Singapore Sri Lanka
CERT|CC Sri Lanka Computer Emergency Readiness Team
Coordination Centre Sri Lanka
6 TechCERT TechCERT
Sri Lanka ThaiCERT Thailand Computer Emergency Response Team
Thailand TWCERTCC
Taiwan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center
Chinese Taipei TWNCERT
Taiwan National Computer Emergency Response Team
Chinese Taipei VNCERT
Vietnam Computer Emergency Response Team Vietnam
Supporting Members 3 Teams Bkav Corporation
Dell SecureWorks Microsoft Corporation
Chair, Deputy Chair, Steering Committee SC and Secretariat
During the APCERT AGM 2014, the Japan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center JPCERTCC was re-elected as the Chair of APCERT, and the
Korea Internet Security Center KrCERTCC as the Deputy Chair, both for one-year terms for the fourth consecutive year. JPCERTCC was also re-elected as
the APCERT Secretariat. The following teams were elected toremained on the APCERT Steering Committee
SC.
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Team Term
Other positions CERT Australia
March 2014 – September 2016 CNCERTCC
March 2014 – September 2016 JPCERTCC
March 2013 – September 2015 Chair Secretariat
KrCERTCC March 2013 – September 2015
Deputy Chair MOCERT
March 2013 – September 2015 MyCERT
March 2013 – September 2015 TWNCERT
March 2014 – September 2016
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It was also decided, with regards to the time shift of the APCERT AGM from March to September starting in 2015, that the current Steering Committee’s term to be extended for another 6 months, in
order for the term to be concluded in September of 20152016 respectively.
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3. Working Groups WG
