Re: AUSCert

[Eder Plansky Silva <plansky () GMAIL COM>]

Hi Peter,

I have experience with AusCERT for about a year. I am currently in
Australia and using their member services.
Feel free to contact me if you want more details.

All the best
Ed

On 5 August 2015 at 05:03, Peter Lundstedt <peter.lundstedt () drake edu>
wrote:

> 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
>
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> -----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
> To: SECURITY () LISTSERV EDUCAUSE EDU
> 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