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'''CERT/CC''' is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) for internet security problems. It is a component of '''CERT Program''' under the '''Software Engineering Institute''' ([[SEI]]) operated by the '''Carnegie Mellon University'''.<ref>[http://www.cert.org/certcc.html CERT/CC]</ref> The CERT Program ensures that the internet community is using proper technology and systems management practices to combat attacks on networked systems and limit the damages. It also ensures the continuity of critical services in case a successful attack or failure occurs.<ref>[http://www.cert.or/faq/cert_faq.html.CERT]</ref>

'''CERT/CC''' is a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) for internet security problems. It is a component of '''CERT Program''' under the '''Software Engineering Institute''' ([[SEI]]) operated by the '''Carnegie Mellon University'''.<ref>[http://www.cert.org/certcc.html CERT/CC]</ref> The CERT Program ensures that the internet community is using proper technology and systems management practices to combat attacks on networked systems and limit the damages. It also ensures the continuity of critical services in case a successful attack or failure occurs.<ref>[http://www.cert.or/faq/cert_faq.html.CERT]</ref>

==Background==

==Background==

CERT/CC is the first major security response team in the United States which was created in November 1998. The establishment of the center was prompted when an internet attack called '''Morris Worm''' happened. The '''Defense Advance Research Project Agency (DARPA)''' commissioned SEI right after the Morris Worm incident which crippled 10 percent of the internet and demonstrated the growing networks vulnerability to attack. <ref>[http://www.cert.org/meet_cert/ CERT Background]</ref>

CERT/CC is the first major security response team in the United States which was created in November 1998. The establishment of the center was prompted when an internet attack called '''Morris Worm''' happened. The '''Defense Advance Research Project Agency (DARPA)''' commissioned SEI right after the Morris Worm incident which crippled 10 percent of the internet and demonstrated the growing networks vulnerability to attack. <ref>[http://www.cert.org/meet_cert/ CERT Background]</ref>

==Areas of Work==

==Areas of Work==

 

The CERT Coorination Center conducts work or research on the following areas:<ref>[http://www.cert.org/meet_cert/#work Areas od Work]</ref>

The CERT Coordination Center conducts work or research on the following areas:<ref>[http://www.cert.org/meet_cert/#work Areas od Work]</ref>

# '''Software Assurance'''- The center’s main objective is to analyze the state of internet security, monitors public sources and receive reports of vulnerabilities and share the information to technology producers and collaborate with them to find solutions to the problem.

# '''Software Assurance'''- The center’s main objective is to analyze the state of internet security, monitors public sources and receive reports of vulnerabilities and share the information to technology producers and collaborate with them to find solutions to the problem.

# '''Secure Systems'''- CERT conducts research on survival systems engineering and finds ways to improve the design of systems, develop strategies to be able to assess and predict current, potential, and sophisticated threats to the internet.

# '''Secure Systems'''- CERT conducts research on survival systems engineering and finds ways to improve the design of systems, develop strategies to be able to assess and predict current, potential, and sophisticated threats to the internet.