Given the borderless nature of cyber-threats, international collaboration is crucial in ensuring Infocomm security for Singapore.
SingCERT was a founding member of the Asia Pacific Computer Emergency Response Team (APCERT) that was established in 2002. Singapore has been a member of the steering committee since 2002. The purpose of the APCERT is to encourage and support the cooperation between national CERTS in the Asia Pacific region. APCERT maintains a trusted network of computer security experts in the Asia pacific region to improve the region's awareness and competency in relation to computer security incidents.
Since 2004, Singapore has collaborated with the APCERT to help ASEAN member countries like Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Brunei enhance their CERT capabilities.
FIRST is a global organisation for computer incident response teams and Singapore has been a member of FIRST since 1998.
Singapore hosted the 2005 Annual FIRST conference that was held in Asia for the first time. The event served as the foundation to promote the improvement of computer security worldwide through the sharing of viewpoints, ideas, and information.
SingCERT is active in promoting collaboration among the CERTs in ASEAN. In particular, SingCERT developed the "Minimum Performance Guideline for Setting up of a National CERT" and "Guidelines on Information Sharing". Both documents have been accepted by ASEAN as reference materials for all members.
SingCERT planned and executed the inaugural ASEAN CERT Incident Drill (ACID) in July 2006. The drill aimed to strengthen cooperation among CERTs in ASEAN, and to test and refine the points of contacts in each incident response team and their incident handling procedures.