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CERT/CC

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(Computer Emergency Response Team/Coordination Center) Part of the Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University, CERT/CC is a major reporting center for Internet security problems. Established in 1988 and federally funded, CERT/CC staff coordinates responses to security breaches and offers technical assistance. For more information, visit www.cert.org. See CERT and US-CERT.



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Carnegie Mellon's CERT/CC was formed in November 1988 within the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) after an Internet worm brought 10 percent of Internet-connected systems to a halt.
CERT/CC predicts that the number of Internet security breaks in the United States this year will surpass 40,000--twice the number of 2001 attacks.
Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute's CERT/CC, Indiana University's Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, and Syracuse University's CASE Center join Utica College (Utica, N.
 
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