18 Nov 2025
Blogs
Over the past six months, AUSCERT has been working closely with ETHIO-CERT, Ethiopia’s national Cyber Emergency Response Team. The goal of this collaboration was to help ETHIO-CERT enhance and expand their cyber security capabilities, ultimately strengthening their ability to protect Ethiopia’s digital infrastructure.
This initiative forms part of AUSCERT’s ongoing commitment to fostering international collaboration and sharing operational expertise between CERTs around the world. By working together, teams can accelerate capability-building, share lessons learned and contribute to a more resilient global cyber security community.
Through fortnightly knowledge-sharing sessions, the AUSCERT and ETHIO-CERT teams collaborated to design, develop and implement a service that mirrors AUSCERT’s Member Services Incident Notifications (MSIN). This service provides clients and members with timely alerts and actionable insights about relevant cyber threats and vulnerabilities, enabling faster responses across networks and systems.
The AUSCERT team provided guidance across every stage of the process, including service architecture, planning, technical configuration, and deployment. This included sessions focused on data acquisition software installation, data flow design, and email infrastructure setup. The teams also worked on designing client-facing messages that provide clear context and actionable information, helping ETHIO-CERT deliver an efficient and reliable service to its stakeholders.
This partnership has been an invaluable opportunity for mutual learning and knowledge exchange. While AUSCERT shared its technical and operational experience, ETHIO-CERT provided valuable insights into the regional cyber security landscape.
As a result, ETHIO-CERT is now positioned to deliver proactive and responsive incident notifications, empowering its community to make informed security decisions and improve their resilience to cyber threats.
At AUSCERT, we’re proud to support initiatives like this that strengthen cyber security collaboration across borders. By working together, we can build a safer, more secure digital future for all.
