Over 300 cybersecurity professionals expected to attend first ever APCERT Conference in India
New Delhi, November 14: The 15th Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) Conference is organized by the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) with the support of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology from November 12-15, 2017 in New Delhi. This is the first ever conference in India and South Asia which is expected to be attended by 21 economies.
Building Trust in the Digital Economy is the theme of the conference. November 12-14 was closed for AGM and other APCERT meetings. On 15th November, an open session including industry, academia, civil society and Government stakeholders will be held which will be inaugurated by the Electronics & Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad. Over 300 cybersecurity professionals from the Asia Pacific region, USA, Europe, Industry, Academia, Government, and Media are expected to attend the conference.
Contemporary topics around strategies of CERTs, Technology and Instruments for building trust in digitally evolving economies and best practices for handling cybersecurity in mobile and social media would be covered under this conference.