B.1. Incident Response Teams

The groups listed here provide information about security problems as they become known. In addition to reporting incidents, these groups work with various vendors and user organizations to keep them aware when problems occur. When fixes are available, each individual team reports them. They have their own level of services, which may include archiving of security software (source) and past incident reports.

  • CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) (Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute)— http://www.cert.org

  • National Infrastructure Protection Center (sponsored by the Federal Bureau of Investigation)— http://www.nipc.gov

  • Computer Incident Advisory Capability (sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy)— ...

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