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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.

The goals of Q-CERT are to:

  1. Create awareness of cybersecurity in private-public institutions and the public;
  2. Provide proactive and guided approaches for managing ICT security in the civil society;
  3. Assist private-public stakeholders in managing risks and vulnerabilities against the country's information infrastructures;
  4. Ensure integrity and confidentiality of data crucial to the wide range of online services that will be offered;
  5. Introduce cybercrime laws and privacy laws and educate the public on their rights.

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