[afnog] FIRST Symposium & AfricaCERT Day, Accra - GHANA 28 Sept to 1st October 2015

[nancy dotse]

Dear All

FIRST Symposium & AfricaCERT Day, Accra - GHANA 28 Sept to 1st October 2015
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We are pleased to invite you to FIRST Training / Symposium & AfricaCERT Day
scheduled to be held in Accra, Ghana from 28th Sept to 1st October 2015. The
Event is Hosted by Ministry of Communications, Ghana.

FIRST and AfricaCERT are jointly organizing a regional symposium in Accra, Ghana
from 28th to 30th September, 2015 at Alisa Hotel followed by AfricaCERT Day on
1st October 2015.

The symposium, which is the first-ever to be organized by FIRST in the Africa
Region, and pre-events will be hosted by the Ministry of Communications at the
Alisa Hotel, Accra – Ghana.

The theme of the Symposium is “Joining Forces to Promote Cybersecurity in
Africa”. The program will comprise of a 2 – day Pre-Symposium training workshop
followed the FIRST Symposium then an AfricaCERT Day. The following Tracks will
be run during the pre-Symposium Training Workshop:

a)     28th - 29th Sept 2015: Training

·        Track1: Web Defacement Incident handling Process

·        Track2: CERT Creation and Management

·        Track3: Digital Forensic in the Incident Handling Process

Participants in the training sessions are required to pay a fee of US$100.
Attendance at the symposium and AfricaCERT is however free.

b)    30th Sept 2015: FIRST Symposium (Free)

c)     1st October 2015: AfricaCERT Day.

Interested participants should register at
https://www.first.org/events/symposium/accra2015  .

The FIRST Symposium to be held on September 30, 2015 and will bring on board
high-profile speakers in the Internet and its security world to address issues
relating to security in cyberspace with focus on Africa.

The participation in the conference is open to all. AfricaCERT Day to be held on
October 1, 2015, will bring together the various CSIRTs in Africa to discuss
Best Practices, the way forward and formalize their relationship with
AfricaCERT.

Kindly send to email to accra2015@)africacert.org  the name and address of the
contact person of your organization to enable us send further information on the
event, Invitation letters etc.

Participants are required to cover their expenses, ie airfare, hotel etc towards
participation in the Event.

Recommended hotels are as follow :

a) Alisa Hotels
21 Dr. Isert Road
North Ridge,
 P. O. Box 1111,
Accra - GHANA

Phone : +233 30 221 4244 /  +233 30 221 4233

www.alisahotels.com

 
b) Coconut Grove Hotels
Ridge
P. O. Box CT 3998
Accra - GHANA

Tel: + 233 302 226310 / + 233 302 225155

www.coconutgrovehotelsghana.com 

We hope you are able to attend this important event and look forward to
welcoming you to Accra

Thank you.


Best Regards.
AfricaCERT Global Coordination
Email : accra2015@)africacert.org 
 

About FIRST and AfricaCERT

FIRST

FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams) is the premier
organization and recognized global leader in incident response. It brings
together a variety of computer security incident response teams from government,
commercial, and educational organizations. It aims to foster cooperation and
coordination in incident prevention, to stimulate rapid reaction to incidents,
and to promote information sharing among members and the community at large.

AfricaCERT

AfricaCERT(Africa Computer Emergency Response Teams) is the African forum of
computer incident response teams who cooperatively promotes computer security
incident handling and incident prevention programs. The objectives of AfricaCERT
is to assist African countries in establishing Computer Security and Incident
Response Team (CSIRT); to provide expertise and advise in formulating
initiatives, programs and projects, related to the launch of CSIRTs in African
countries and to encourage and support cooperation among such Team in the Africa
Internet Service Region.