The 15th edition of Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team Conference was held in New Delhi.
- This was the first time India hosted the APCERT conference.
- The conference was organised by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team under the patronage of Ministry of Electronic and Information Technology.
- The conference revolved around the theme of "Building Trust in the Digital Economy".
- It was attended by over 300 cybersecurity professionals from the Asia Pacific region, USA, Europe, Industry, Academia, Government and Media.
- Contemporary topics around strategies of CERTs were covered during the conference,
- Technology and Instruments for building trust in digitally evolving economies and best practices for handling cybersecurity in mobile and social media were discussed.
APCERT
- Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team is an alliance of Computer Emergency Response Teams and Computer Security Incident Response Teams.
- It is located in the Asia Pacific region, with an operational focus to contribute to the Internet security within the region, based on information sharing, trust and cooperation.
- APCERT consists of 30 Operational Members from 21 economies and 3 Supporting Members.
