Q-CERT
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The Qatar Computer Emergency Response Team was created in December 2006 by CERT/CC and ictQATAR
IctQATAR
ictQATAR, the Supreme Council of Information & Communication Technology, is Qatar’s independent telecommunications regulator and the Government’s technology advocate and facilitator....

. It is Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

's coordination center in dealing with internet security
Internet security
Internet security is a branch of computer security specifically related to the Internet. Its objective is to establish rules and measures to use against attacks over the Internet. The Internet represents an insecure channel for exchanging information leading to a high risk of intrusion or fraud,...

problems.

The goals of Q-CERT are to:
  1. Create awareness of cybersecurity in private-public institutions and the public;
  2. Provide proactive and guided approaches for managing ICT security in the civil society;
  3. Assist private-public stakeholders in managing risks and vulnerabilities against the country's information infrastructures;
  4. Ensure integrity and confidentiality of data crucial to the wide range of online services that will be offered;
  5. Introduce cybercrime laws and privacy laws and educate the public on their rights.

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