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The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is part of the National Cyber Security Division
National Cyber Security Division

The National Cyber Security Division is a division of the Office of Cyber Security & Communications, within the United States United States Department of Homeland Security's Directorate of National Protection and Programs....
 of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
's Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security is a United States Cabinet United States federal executive departments of the United States federal government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the U.S....
.

Formed in September 2003, US-CERT is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors, intended to coordinate the response to security threats from the Internet. As such, it releases information about current security issues, vulnerabilities
Vulnerability (computing)

In computer security, the term vulnerability is applied to a weakness in a system which allows an attacker to violate the integrity of that system....
 and exploits
Exploit (computer security)

An exploit is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or sequence of commands that take advantage of a software bug, glitch or vulnerability in order to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer software, hardware, or something electronic ....
 as Cyber Security Alerts, works with software vendors to create patches for security vulnerabilities.

US-CERT has responsibilities as the Federal Incident Management Center for the Federal Government and serves as the focal point for cybersecurity issues in the United States.








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The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is part of the National Cyber Security Division
National Cyber Security Division

The National Cyber Security Division is a division of the Office of Cyber Security & Communications, within the United States United States Department of Homeland Security's Directorate of National Protection and Programs....
 of the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
's Department of Homeland Security
United States Department of Homeland Security

The United States Department of Homeland Security is a United States Cabinet United States federal executive departments of the United States federal government of the United States with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the U.S....
.

Formed in September 2003, US-CERT is a partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors, intended to coordinate the response to security threats from the Internet. As such, it releases information about current security issues, vulnerabilities
Vulnerability (computing)

In computer security, the term vulnerability is applied to a weakness in a system which allows an attacker to violate the integrity of that system....
 and exploits
Exploit (computer security)

An exploit is a piece of software, a chunk of data, or sequence of commands that take advantage of a software bug, glitch or vulnerability in order to cause unintended or unanticipated behavior to occur on computer software, hardware, or something electronic ....
 as Cyber Security Alerts, works with software vendors to create patches for security vulnerabilities.

US-CERT has responsibilities as the Federal Incident Management Center for the Federal Government and serves as the focal point for cybersecurity issues in the United States.

See also

  • National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre
    National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre

    The National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre was an inter-departmental centre of the United Kingdom government.Set up in 1999. The role of NISCC was to minimise the risk to the Critical National Infrastructure from electronic attack....
  • CERT Coordination Center
    CERT Coordination Center

    The CERT Coordination Center was created by DARPA in November 1988 after the Morris worm struck. It is a major coordination center in dealing with internet security problems....
  • Einstein (US-CERT program)
    Einstein (US-CERT program)

    Einstein also known as the EINSTEIN Program is an intrusion detection system that monitors the network gateways of Federal government of the United States in the United States for unauthorized traffic....
  • National Cyber Alert System
    National Cyber Alert System

    The National Cyber Alert System is an email and RSS notification service for the United States sent by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team , which is part of the National Cyber Security Division of the United States Department of Homeland Security....


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