<
security, body> (CERT) An organisation formed by
DARPA in
November 1988 in
response to the needs exhibited during the
Internet worm incident. The CERT charter is to work with
the
Internet community to facilitate its
response to
computer security events involving Internet
hosts, to take
proactive steps to raise the community's awareness of
computer
security issues and to conduct research targeted at improving
the security of existing systems. CERT products and services
include 24-hour technical assistance for responding to
computer security incidents, product vulnerability assistance,
technical documents and tutorials.
ftp://cert.org.
E-mail: <
cert@cert.org> (incident reports).
Telephone +1 (412) 268 7090 (24-hour hotline).
(2000-07-09)