Q-CERT is a national, Government sponsored, organization under the auspices of Supreme Council for Information and Communications Technology (ictQATAR).  Qatar Computer Emergency Response Team (Q-CERT) was set up in December 2005 in cooperation with the Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute (CERT/CC) to serve this purpose. Since then, Q-CERT has been instrumental in building resilience into the critical information infrastructure of Qatar. 

Q-CERT works with government agencies, private and public sector organizations and Qatar’s citizens to ensure that online threats are monitored and risks are contained. Q-CERT helps to protect citizens as well as critical businesses and organizations against cyber security risks. it also contributes to the national cyber security posture, advices on policies and security standards and empowers the confidence in technology users.

Since information security issues are not limited by national boundaries, Q-CERT is member of FIRST, the global Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams. FIRST fosters regional ties between security teams and partners around the world in order to share up-to-date information about threats and vulnerabilities.