EGC group

The EGC group forms an informal association of governmental CERTs in Europe. Its members effectively cooperate on matters of computer security incident response by building upon a fundament of mutual trust and understanding due to similarities in constituencies and problem sets.

To achieve this goal, the EGC members:

• Jointly develop measures to deal with large-scale or regional network security incidents
• Facilitate information sharing and technology exchange relating to IT security incidents and malicious code threats and vulnerabilities
• Identify areas of specialist knowledge and expertise that could be shared within the group
• Identify areas of collaborative research and development on subjects of mutual interest
• Communicate common views with other initiatives and organizations

EGC is an operational group with a technical focus. It does not determine policy, which is the responsibility of other agencies within the members' national domain. EGC members generally speak for themselves and on their own behalf.