APNIC's External Relations Program Manager, Melody Bendindang, gives an update on APNIC's security engagement activites at APEC TEL 60 in Seoul, South Korea, from 13 to 18 October 2019.

1. APNIC Security
Engagement Activities
Update
APEC TEL 60 | Seoul | 13 – 18 October 2019
Melody Bendindang
melody@apnic.net

2. CSIRT Engagement in AP Region
• Strong engagement with CERT/CSIRT in the Pacific Region
• 3 Regional CSIRT Training Completed
o 1st Training – May 2018, Nukualofa, Tonga
o 2nd Training – Sep 2018, Noumea, New Caledonia (part of APNIC 46)
o 3rd Training – May 2019, Apia, Samoa
• APNIC and CERT Tonga have signed a MoU during APRICOT 47 in
February 2019
• Workshop with Solomon Islands SOC
• Tutorial and workshop with LaoCERT and CamCERT
• APISC annual CERT Workshop with KISA
• Hosted FIRST Technical Colloquia (FIRST TC) during APRICOT 47 in
Daejeon and APNIC 48 in Chiang Mai

3. Law Enforcement Engagement
• Supported LEA training activities
o Hong Kong, China
o Malaysia (organized by US DoJ for Prosecutors and Judges)
o Singapore (organized by INTERPOL)
o Chinese Taipei
o Viet Nam (organized by US DoJ for Prosecutors)
o Fiji (organized by AFP & INTERPOL) x 2
• Coverage
o “Internet 101”
o Role of Regional Internet Registries & other actors
o Whois Database
o Case Studies
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4. APNIC Community Honeynet Project
• Initiative to create awareness about threats on the
Internet
o Detect malicious activities
o Understand nature of threats
• 10 partners organizations in 13 economies in the
AP region
• Additional activities
o Workshops
o Information exchange
• Currently working on increasing number of partner
organizations in deploying honeynets or benefitting
from datasets
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5. References
• MoU with CERT Tonga:
https://blog.apnic.net/2019/03/12/security-first-at-apricot-
2019/
• APISC Annual CERT workshop:
https://blog.apnic.net/2019/08/06/event-wrap-apisc-annual-
cert-workshop/
• Engaging LEAs in the Pacific:
https://blog.apnic.net/2019/04/18/engaging-leas-in-the-
pacific/
• APNIC Community Honeynet Project:
https://blog.apnic.net/2019/09/17/the-apnic-community-
honeynet-project/
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6. Thank You
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