Re: AUSCert

[Peter Lundstedt <peter.lundstedt () DRAKE EDU>]

Thanks for the replies John & Ken, that's helpful.  I'm going reach out to them directly for some additional 
information.

Peter Lundstedt | Information Security Analyst 
Drake Technology Services (DTS) | Drake University

T  515.271.4173
E  peter.lundstedt () drake edu

-----Original Message-----
From: The EDUCAUSE Security Constituent Group Listserv [mailto:SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU] On Behalf Of John 
Kristoff
Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2015 9:58 AM
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Subject: Re: [SECURITY] AUSCert

On Tue, 4 Aug 2015 14:32:49 +0000
Peter Lundstedt <peter.lundstedt () DRAKE EDU> wrote:

> I'm doing some information gathering on 
> AUSCert<https://auscert.org.au/>.  They advertise themselves as a 
> premier incident handling, monitoring, and data feed service with 
> experience in higher ed, but every bit of information I can find 
> references Australia / New Zealand only, including all their pricing.  
> Does anyone know if their offering is available in the U.S.
> and does anyone have experience with their services?

AusCERT is a member organization for its region.  Along with CERT/CC it was one oldest, most prestigious CERTs in the 
world.  They have been very actively involved with the security community, but things began to get a little complicated 
when national governments decided to get into the act so you don't hear about them as much as you once did.  AusCERT 
did not escape much of reshaping of the early CERTS, but they still largely do what they have always done, there is 
just so many new organizations and players that many of these founding institutions don't stand out as much as they 
once did.  The yearly AusCERT conference is one of the best in the industry and they always attract an impressive line 
of speakers and talks.

I don't think membership is generally available outside of their region, but I'm sure they'd be interested in hearing 
you are interested in them.  They should be very approachable at a general contact address.

You might want to consult with REN-ISAC, they're a related organization set up just for organizations like yours.  They 
may either be able to provide much of what you're interested in, or provide some guidance on where to find it if they 
don't have it.

John