SOUTH COAST CHAPTER
Security (The Information Security Threat Environment)

AusCERT is the national Computer Emergency Response Team for Australia and a leading CERT in the Asia/Pacific region. As a trusted Australian contact within a worldwide network of computer security experts, and an active member of the Forum for Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) and Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT),

AusCERT has access to accurate, timely and reliabel information about emergingcomputer network threats and vulnerabilities on a regional and global basis and provides computer incident prevention, response and mitigation strategies for members,a national alerting service and an incident reporting scheme.

Providing computer information security advice to the Australian public and its members, including the higher education sector, AusCERT are the single point of contact for delaing with computer security incidents affecting or involving Australian networks.

The very nature of AusCERT's role makes this an Education across the Nation event not to be missed.