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21 October 2019	FSI-CERT joins APCERT Liaison Partner FSI-CERT (Financial Security Institute – Computer Emergency Response Team, Republic of Korea)’s Liaison Partnership application has been accepted.
11 October 2019	Results of the APCERT Steering Committee (SC) Election 2019 - Chair: CyberSecurity Malaysia (2019-2020) - Deputy Chair: CNCERT/CC (2019-2020) - SC: CyberSecurity Malaysia, JPCERT/CC, and Sri Lanka CERT\|CC (2019-2021) (ACSC, CNCERT/CC, KrCERT/CC, and TWNCERT remain until 2020)
31 July 2019	APCERT Drill 2019 – Catastrophic Silent Draining in Enterprise Network updated
28 May 2019	FAQ — Membership/Partnership Updated
9 May 2019	APCERT Annual Report 2018 Released
4 March 2019	FINCSIRT joins APCERT Liaison Partner FINCSIRT (Financial Sector CSIRT, Sri Lanka)’s Liaison Partnership application has been accepted. Panasonic PSIRT joins APCERT Corporate Partner Panasonic PSIRT’s Corporate Partnership application has been accepted.
24 February 2019	APCERT Policy on Information Sharing and Handling approved
23 October 2018	Results of the APCERT Steering Committee (SC) Election 2018 - Chair: ACSC (2018-2019) - Deputy Chair: MyCERT (2018-2019) - SC: ACSC, CNCERT/CC, KrCERT/CC and TWNCERT (2018-2020) (CERT-In, JPCERT/CC and MyCERT remain until 2019)
23 October 2018	APCERT Operational Framework updated
9 April 2018	APCERT Annual Report 2017 Released
7 March 2018	APCERT Drill 2018 - Data Breach via Malware on IoT updated
14 November 2017	APCERT Operational Framework updated
14 November 2017	Results of the APCERT Steering Committee (SC) Election 2017 - Chair: CERT Australia (2017-2018) - Deputy Chair: MyCERT (2017-2018) - Secretariat: JPCERT/CC (2017- 2019) - SC: CERT-In, JPCERT/CC, MyCERT (2017-2019) (CERT Australia, CNCERT/CC, KrCERT/CC and TWNCERT remain until 2018)
19 September 2017	CERT NZ joins APCERT Operational Member New Zealand’s National CSIRT, CERT NZ, is now an Operational Member of APCERT. NCSC’s membership is replaced by CERT NZ.
3 August 2017	BGD e-GOV CIRT joins APCERT Operational Member A CSIRT for Bangladesh government network, BGD e-GOV CIRT, is now an Operational Member of APCERT
18 July 2017	BtCIRT joins APCERT Operational Member Bhutan’s National CSIRT, BtCIRT, is now an Operational Member of APCERT
6 April 2017	APCERT Annual Report 2016 Released
22 March 2017	APCERT Drill 2017 – Emergence of a New DDoS Threat Updated
26 October 2016	Results of the APCERT Steering Committee (SC) Election 2016 - Chair: CERT Australia (2016-2017) - Deputy Chair: MyCERT (2016-2017) - SC: CERT Australia, CNCERT/CC, KrCERT/CC, TWNCERT (2016-2018) (JPCERT/CC, MOCERT and MyCERT remain until 2017)
10 May 2016	APCERT Annual Report 2015 Updated APCERT has released its Annual Report covering APCERT and member teams' activities in 2015.
16 March 2016	APCERT Drill 2016 - An Emerging Cyber Threat and Financial Fraud Updated
27 January 2016	Report on System Suspension Web server and mail server for apcert.org had been unable to communicate during the following time: Wednesday, 27 January 00:45 - 09:32 (GMT +9). The issue has been already solved and the service is back to normal. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
15 October 2015	MOU between APNIC (Asia-Pacific Network Information Centre) APCERT and APNIC have signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the APCERT AGM and Conference to further strengthen its existing cooperative relationship and collaboration in information sharing.
7 September 2015	Result of the APCERT Steering Committee (SC) Election 2015 - Chair: CERT Australia (2015-2016) - Deputy Chair: MyCERT (2015-2016) - SC: JPCERT/CC, MOCERT, MyCERT (2015-2017) (CERT Australia, CNCERT/CC, KrCERT/CC and TWNCERT remain until 2016) - Secretariat: JPCERT/CC (2015-2017) GovCERT.HK joins APCERT Operational Member Hong Kong’s Government CSIRT, GovCERT.HK is now an Operational Member of APCERT. APCERT Working Groups Updated Training WG and Cyber Green WG have been established.
26 June 2015	APCERT Annual Report 2014 APCERT has released its Annual Report covering APCERT and member teams' activities in 2014.
18 March 2015	APCERT Drill 2015 - Cyber Attacks beyond Traditional Sources Updated
7 January 2015	APCERT Event Calendar Updated
3 December 2014	Dell SecureWorks joins APCERT Supporting Member Dell SecureWorks is now a Supporting Member of APCERT
3 October 2014	LaoCERT (Lao People's Democratic Republic) joins APCERT Operational Member Laotian National CSIRT, LaoCERT is now an Operational Member of APCERT
15 September 2014	MNCERT/CC (Mongolia) joins APCERT Operational Member Mongolia's National CSIRT, MNCERT/CC is now an Operational Member of APCERT
1 May 2014	APCERT Annual Report 2013 APCERT has released its Annual Report covering APCERT and member teams' activities in 2013.
24 March 2014	Results of the APCERT Steering Committee (SC) Election 2014 - Chair: JPCERT/CC (2014-2015) - Deputy Chair: KrCERT/CC (2014-2015) - SC: CERT Australia, CNCERT/CC, KrCERT/CC, TWNCERT (2014-2016) (JPCERT/CC, MOCERT and MyCERT remain until 2015) Microsoft joins APCERT Supporting Member Microsoft Corporation's membership as a Supporting Member has been accepted. Bkav (Vietnam) becomes an APCERT Supporting Member BKIS, now referred as Bkav Corporation, made transit from the APCERT Operational Member APCERT Working Groups Updated Operational Framework WG is now merged into Policy, Procedures and Governance WG.
19 February 2014	APCERT embarks on global coordination to counter cyber-ops [PDF 61KB] APCERT has successfully completed its APCERT Drill 2014 on 19 Feb 2014.
20 January 2014	Document Updates APCERT Mailing List and Contact Procedures APCERT POC Arrangements Policy Application Process FAQ - Membership
6 January 2014	APCERT Event Calendar Updated
15 November 2013	APCERT Annual General Meeting & Conference 2014 Date: 18 - 21 March 2014 Venue: LeMeridien / Howard Civil Service International House, Taipei Hosted by: TWNCERT Call for Presentations and Workshops is open! Submission deadline: 31 December 2013 Program (Tentative Agenda) NOTE: The program agenda is subject to change. Please check back later for updated information. 18 March 2014 SC Meeting / WG Meetings* (Closed to APCERT Members) 19 March 2014 Workshops / Presentations / WG Meetings (Closed to APCERT Members and Invited Guests) 20 March 2014 (AM) APCERT AGM (Closed to APCERT Members) (PM) Closed Conference (Closed to APCERT Members and Invited Guests) 21 March 2014 Public Conference (Open to public) For further information, please contact the APCERT secretariat at (apcert-sec@apcert.org).
1 October 2013	New APCERT Membership Structure in effect APCERT renews its membership structure from Full/General Member to Operational/Supporting Member. For further information on the new membership, please visit the APCERT Operational Framework.
19 August 2013	APCERT Technical Workshop on Security 2013 APCERT TWS 2013 provides hands-on trainings for APCERT member teams and invited guests to share and learn information about vulnerabilities, incidents, tools and all other issues that affect the operation of incident response and security teams. Date: 23 - 24 September 2013 Venue: Sheraton Mustika Yogyakarta Hotel, Yogyakarta,Indonesia Hosted by: ID-SIRTII/CC
10 May 2013	APCERT Annual Report 2012 APCERT has released its Annual Report covering APCERT and member teams' activities in 2012.
26 March 2013	APCERT Operational Framework updated APCERT has updated its Operational Framework to introduce a new membership structure.
26 March 2013	Results of the APCERT Steering Committee (SC) Election 2013 - Chair: JPCERT/CC (2013-2014) - Deputy Chair: KrCERT/CC (2013-2014) - Secretariat: JPCERT/CC (2013-2015) - SC: JPCERT/CC, MOCERT, MyCERT (2013-2015) (CERT Australia, CNCERT/CC, ID-SIRTII/CC, KrCERT/CC remain until 2014)
26 March 2013	MOCERT joins APCERT Full Member MOCERT from Macao has upgraded its membership to APCERT Full Member, as of 26th March 2013.
29 January 2013	APCERT Drill 2013 -Teams embark on global coordination to mitigate large scale Denial of Service attack- APCERT has successfully completed its APCERT Drill 2013 on 29 Jan 2013.
9 January 2013	APCERT Annual General Meeting & Conference 2013 Date: 24th-27th March 2013 Venue: Novotel Hotel, Brisbane, Australia Hosted by: CERT Australia Program 24th March 2013 (AM) SC Meeting/WG Meetings (Closed to APCERT Members) (PM) APCERT Social Event 25th March 2013 (All) Workshops/Presentations/Panel discussions (Closed to APCERT Members and Invited Guests) 26th March 2013 (AM) APCERT AGM (Closed to APCERT Members) (PM) Closed Conference (Closed to APCERT Members and Invited Guests) 27th March 2013 (All) Public Conference (Open to public) *APCERT has a fellowship program that supports Members and representatives of potentially-eligible teams to APCERT to attend APCERT 2013, sponsored by Microsoft Corporation. For further information, please contact the APCERT secretariat at (apcert-sec@apcert.org).
21 November 2012	MOU between APCERT and STOP. THINK. CONNECT.Messaging Convention (Joint Media Release) APCERT and the STOP. THINK. CONNECT. Messaging Convention joined forces to propagate the global STOP. THINK. CONNECT. online safety awareness campaign to the 20 economies represented by APCERT's membership.
15 October 2012	APCERT Information Classification Policy APCERT has created its Information Classification Policy based on the Traffic Light Protocol (TLP) used widely by the international CSIRT community.
16 August 2012	EC-CERT joins APCERT General Member EC-CERT (Chinese Taipei) has been approved as APCERT General Member as of 16th August 2012.
10 May 2012	APCERT Annual Report 2011 APCERT has released its annual report, covering activities of APCERT and member teams in 2011.
14 March 2012	CERT Australia and TechCERT join APCERT Full Member CERT Australia and TechCERT (Sri Lanka) has been approved as APCERT Full Member as of 14th March 2012.
14 March 2012	NCSC joins APCERT General Member NCSC (New Zealand) has been approved as APCERT General Member as of 14th March 2012.
14 Feb 2012	APCERT Drill 2012 - Teams embark on global coordination to mitigate Advance Persistent Threats - APCERT has successfully completed its APCERT Drill 2012 on 14 Feb 2012.
20 Dec 2011	APCERT Annual General Meeting & Conference 2012 Date: 25th -28th March 2012 Venue: Hotel Padma Bali, Bali, Indonesia Hosted by Indonesia Security Incident Response Team of Internet Infrastructure (ID-SIRTII) APCERT Workshop 2012 on TSUBAME Network Traffic Monitoring Project (Closed to TSUBAME project members) Date: 25th March 2012 (TBD) Venue: Hotel Padma Bali, Bali, Indonesia
7 Dec 2011	mmCERT joins General Member mmCERT has been approved as APCERT General Member as of 7th December 2011.
7 Nov 2011	MOU between APCERT & OIC-CERT (Joint MediaRelease) APCERT and the Organisation of the Islamic Conference-CERT (OIC-CERT),has come to an agreement for the collaborative efforts amongst the OIC member countries and Asia Pacific region. The signing ceremony of this MOU was held on September 27, 2011 during the OIC-CERT Annual Conference 2011 in Dubai.
8 June 2011	APCERT Election Procedures updates APCERT Election Procedures updated on 8th June 2011
3 June 2011	APCERT Annual Report 2010 APCERT Annual Report introduces APCERT activities and activities of APCERT members in 2010.
20 April 2011	Code of Conduct Code of Conduct approved on 23rd March 2011
24 March 2011	Vision of APCERT APCERT members created a new vision
24 March 2011	Result of the APCERT Steering Committee (SC) Election 2011 -Chair: JPCERT/CC -Deputy Chair: KrCERT/CC -Secretariat: JPCERT/CC
4 Mar 2011	Id-SIRTII joins APCERT Full Member Id-SIRTII from Indonesia has upgraded its membership to APCERT Full Member, as of 4th March 2011.
4 Mar 2011	MOCERT joins APCERT General Member MOCERT from Macao has been approved as APCERT General Member, as of 4th March 2011.
22 Feb 2011	APCERT protects Critical Infrastructure against Cyber Criminals in Drill Exercise 2011 APCERT has successfully completed its APCERT Drill 2011 on 22 Feb 2011.
21 Feb 2011	APCERT Annual General Meeting & Conference 2011 Date: 23rd-24th March 2011 -23rd Morning : Annual General Meeting -23rd Afternoon: Conference (Closed to APCERT members and invited guests) -24th Full-day: Conference (Open to public) Venue: Lotte Hotel Jeju, Jeju Island, Korea Hosted by Korea Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (KrCERT/CC) APCERT Workshop 2011 on TSUBAME Network Traffic Monitoring Project (Closed to TSUBAME project members) Date: 25th March 2011 Venue: Lotte Hotel Jeju, Jeju Island, Korea Hosted by Korea Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (KrCERT/CC) *APCERT has a fellowship program that supports teams to attend the events in the APCERT 2011, sponsored by Microsoft Corporation. For further information, please contact the APCERT secretariat: (apcert-sec@apcert.org)
2 Nov 2010	CERT Australia joins APCERT General Member CERT Australia has been approved as APCERT General Member as of 1st November 2010.
30 Apr 2010	APCERT Annual Report 2009 APCERT Annual Report introduces APCERT activities and activities of APCERT members in 2009.
19 Mar 2010	BruCERT joins APCERT Full Member BruCERT of Negara Brunei Darussalam has upgraded its membership to APCERT Full Member as of 2nd March 2010.
19 Mar 2010	MonCIRT joins APCERT General Member MonCIRT of Mongolia has been approved as APCERT General Member as of 2nd March 2010.
19 Mar 2010	TechCERT joins APCERT General Member TechCERT of Sri Lanka has been approved as APCERT General Member as of 2nd March 2010.
15 Feb 2010	APCERT AGM & Conference 2010 Date: 3rd-4th March 2010 Venue: Hilton Phuket Arcadia, Phuket, Thailand APCERT Annual General Meeting & Conference 2010 is coming up. Please visit the event website for further information.
15 Feb 2010	APCERT Workshop 2010 - TSUBAME Network Traffic Monitoring Project Date: 5th March 2010 AM : Open to public / PM : Closed to TSUBAME project members Venue: Hilton Phuket Arcadia, Phuket, Thailand APCERT Workshop 2010 will be held in conjunction with the AGM & Conference 2010. For futher information, please contact the APCERT secretariat: apcert-sec@apcert.org
28 Jan 2010	APCERT has successfully completed its APCERT Drill 2010 on 28 Jan 2010. APCERT knocks down Cyber Crimes with Financial Incentives in the annual regional Drill Exercise 2010
28 Apr 2009	APCERT Operational Framework Updated APCERT Operational Framework is updated as of 4th March 2009.
23 Apr 2009	21st Annual FIRST Conference Kyoto, Japan FIRST Annual Conference is coming up on 28th June - 3rd July 2009 in Kyoto, Japan. Early bird rates close on Saturday, 25th April.
2 Apr 2009	APCERT Annual Report 2008 APCERT activity report of 2008 is now available. (For APCERT members only)
26 Mar 2009	APCERT Point of Contact (POC) List The link to APCERT POC List is added to "Related Sites." (For APCERT members only)
13 Mar 2009	SLCERT joins APCERT FULL Member SLCERT from Sri Lanka has upgraded its membership to APCERT Full Member as of 10th March 2009.
25 Dec 2008	BDCERT joins APCERT General Member BDCERT from Bangladesh has been approved as APCERT General Member as of 18th December 2008.
25 Dec 2008	VNCERT joins APCERT Full Member VNCERT from Vietnam has upgraded its membership to APCERT Full Member as of 18th December 2008.
12 Dec 2008	APCERT Annual Conference 2009 Date: 3-5 March 2009 Venue: Han-Hsien International Hotel Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei APCERT Annual Conference 2009 is planned to be held as above. Please visit the conference website for further information.
4 Dec 2008	APCERT Nailed Down Online Underground Economy in the Annual Regional Drill Exercise 2008 APCERT has successfully completed its APCERT Drill 2008 on 4 Dec.
5 Sep 2008	CERT-In joins APCERT FULL Member CERT-In from India has been approved as APCERT Full Member as of 21st August 2008.
6 Aug 2008	APCERT approved as General Guest in APEC TEL APCERT has renewed its status as APEC TEL General Guest, to continue contribution and participation in APEC TEL (APEC Telecommunications and Information Working Group).
28 July 2008	Links to JVN (Japan Vulnerability Notes) added in "Related Sites" JVN is a portal site that provides vulnerability information and their solutions for software products used in Japan, which are also frequently used in the Asia Pacific region and internationally.
20 May 2008	APCERT Annual Report 2007 APCERT activity updates of 2007 is now available.
10 Mar 2008	SLCERT joins APCERT General Member SLCERT from Sri Lanka has been approved as APCERT General Member during APCERT AGM 2008.
7 Feb 2008	APCERT AGM & Conference 2008 (10-12 March 2008) APCERT Workshop 2008 InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong Hong Kong, China
18 Jan 2008	APCERT AGM & Conference 2008 Presentation/Tutorial submissions close
18 Dec 2007	APCERT AGM & Conference 2008 Presentation/Tutorial submissions open
22 Nov 2007	APCERT Stops Cyber Attacks During Drill Exercise 2007 APCERT has successfully completed its APCERT Drill 2007 on 22 Nov.