Macau Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre
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Macau Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre (MOCERT) is managed by Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre
Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre
----Macau New Technologies Incubator Centre is an organization responsible for leading, introducing and promoting ideas of innovative technologies. We are determined to promote local creative technology industries, while actively playing the role of communicating bridge to incubate science and...

 in providing Macau
Macau
Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...

 with computer security
Computer security
Computer security is a branch of computer technology known as information security as applied to computers and networks. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to...

 incident handling information, promoting information security awareness, as well as coordinating computer security incident response for the public and local enterprises.

MOCERT not only collaborates with local bodies, but also communicates and exchange information with other members of FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) and APCERT (Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Teams).

Services

Provide the latest computer vulnerabilities
Vulnerability (computing)
In computer security, a vulnerability is a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's information assurance.Vulnerability is the intersection of three elements: a system susceptibility or flaw, attacker access to the flaw, and attacker capability to exploit the flaw...

 that are discovered around the world. MOCERT publishes the latest security issues and advisories in the website www.mocert.org. Individual and organization can also register as a MOCERT subscriber and get the latest related information through email for free on http://www.mocert.org/subscribe.
Provide advice on the best way to handle computer incident for free. MOCERT accepts reports on computer security related incidents, for example, phishing, malware
Malware
Malware, short for malicious software, consists of programming that is designed to disrupt or deny operation, gather information that leads to loss of privacy or exploitation, or gain unauthorized access to system resources, or that otherwise exhibits abusive behavior...

, malicious website, phoney emails and their attachments, and other information security attacks.
MOCERT organizes relevant seminars and events to the Macao constituency on a regular basis to promote information security awareness to the Macao public. These events and their topics are altered according to the current issues facing Macao. MOCERT complements these seminars and events, with print material in the form of leaflet or booklets, to sections of the constituency that requires further awareness and guidance in information security.

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