The Qatar Computer Emergency Response Team was created in December 2006 by CERT/CC and ictQATAR. It is Qatar's coordination center in dealing with internet security problems.
Q-CERT was the first-ever CERT to be established in the Middle East. [1] Plans for Q-CERT were first announced in December 2006 after ictQATAR and the CERT Coordination Center entered into a partnership. [2] It signed a cooperation agreement with the SANS Institute to provide training courses in cyber security for IT specialists in Qatar's government. [3] In November 2016, the first GCC cyber drill was held under the auspices of Q-CERT and was engaged in by internet security specialists from four GCC countries. [4]
The goals of Q-CERT are to: [2]