the asiapacificcomputeremergencyresponseteam (apcert) hassuccessfullycompleteditsannualdrilltotesttheresponsecapabilityofleadingcomputersecurityincidentresponseteams (csirt) withintheasiapacificeconomieson25thaugust, 2022.
the themeofthisyear’sapcertdrillis “databreachthroughsecuritymalpractice.” thisexercisereflectsrealincidentsandissuesthatexistontheinternet.
this drillincludedtheneedfortheteamstointeractlocallyandinternationally, withcsirts/certsandtargetedorganizations, forcoordinatedsuspensionofmaliciousinfrastructure, analysisofmaliciouscode, aswellasnotificationandassistancetoaffectedentities. thisincidentresponseexercise, whichwascoordinatedacrossmanyeconomies, reflectsthecollaborationamongsttheeconomiesinmitigatingcyberthreatsandvalidatestheenhancedcommunicationprotocols, technicalcapabilitiesandqualityofincidentresponsesthatapcertfostersinassuringinternetsecurityandsafety.
25 csirtsfrom21economiesofapcert (australia, bangladesh, bruneidarussalam, people'srepublicofchina, chinesetaipei, hongkong, india, indonesia, japan, korea, laopeople'sdemocraticrepublic, malaysia, myanmar, newzealand, philippines, singapore, srilanka, thailand, tonga, vanuatuandvietnam) participatedinthedrill. fromtheexternalparties, 4csirtsfrom2economiesofoic-certandafricacertparticipated.
