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.
Q-CERT was the first-ever CERT to be established in the Middle East.
[1] Plans for Q-CERT were first announced in December 2006 after ictQATAR and the CERT Coordination Center entered into a partnership.
[2] It signed a cooperation agreement with the SANS Institute to provide training courses in cyber security for IT specialists in Qatar's government.