[Community] Fwd: FIRST Symposium & AfricaCERT AGM, Accra - GHANA 28th Sept – 1st October 2015

[Boubakar Barry]

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>
> Dear Colleagues,
>
> FIRST Symposium & AfricaCERT AGM, Accra - GHANA  28th Sept  – 1st October
2015
>
> We are pleased to invite you to FIRST Symposium & AfricaCERT DAY
> scheduled to be held in Accra, Ghana from 28th Sept to 1st October
> 2015.
>
> 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 organized by FIRST in the
> Africa Region, and pre-events will be hosted by the Ministry of
> Communications  at the Alisa Hotel, Accra –Ghana.
>
> FIRST Symposia have been organized since 2005 on regional basis in
> Latin-America, North-America, Europe and Asia-Pacific  and is usually
> hosted by FIRST members.
>
> 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 concurrently 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
>
> b)    30th Sept 2015 :
>
> · FIRST Symposium
>
> c)     1st October 2015 :
>
> ·  AfricaCERT Day
>
> Participants are required to pay a fee of USD100.  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 to the conference is open to all. AfricaCERT day
> will be held on October 1, 2015, and will bring together  the various
> CSIRT in Africa to discuss the way forward and formalize their
> relationship with AfricaCERT.
>
> FIRST Symposia event is open to all incident response/security
> industry professionals and subject to a vetting process and provide a
> discussion forum  for member teams to share information about
> vulnerabilities, incidents, tools and all other issues that affect the
> operation of incident response and security teams.
>
> Kindly send to Nancy Dotse at accra2015(at)[ africacert.org ](
> http://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 as ffs :
>
> 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 ]( http://www.alisahotels.com )
>
> Negotiated Rate : $200 per night  (Standard single)
>
> b) Coconut Grove Hotels
> Ridge
> P. O. Box CT 3998
> Accra - GHANA
> Tel : + 233 302 226310 / + 233 302 225155
> [ www.coconutgrovehotelsghana.com ](
http://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.
>
> Nancy Dotse
> AfricaCERT
>
> About FIRST and AfricaCERT
>
> 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
>
> (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.

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