Computer Emergency Response Team

CERT, team that handles emergency problems on the Internet (such as breaking into information security systems, cancellation of service, etc.)

Cert or CERT may refer to:Certs, a brand of breath mintsCertiorari, a legal termCertificate, an official documentCeirt, a letter of the Ogham alphabetCERT Coordination Center, an organization dealing with Internet securityCERT Group of Companies, the commercial arm of the Higher Colleges of Technology in the United Arab EmiratesCarbon Emission Reduction Target, a United Kingdom government initiativeCommunity Emergency Response Team, a group of volunteer emergency workersCorrectional Emergency Response Team, a team of correction officersUS-CERT, the United States Computer Emergency Readiness TeamCERT-IN, an agency of the Indian government
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<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)