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{{short description|Organisation which responds to computer security incidents}}
A '''computer emergency response team''' ('''CERT''') is an expert group that handles [[Computer security|computer security]] incidents. Alternative names for such groups include '''computer emergency readiness team''' and '''computer security incident response team''' ('''CSIRT''').

==History==
The name "Computer Emergency Response Team" was first used in 1988 by the [[Organization:CERT Coordination Center|CERT Coordination Center]] (CERT-CC) at [[Organization:Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon University]] (CMU). The term CERT is registered as a trade and service mark by CMU in multiple countries worldwide. CMU encourages the use of Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) as a generic term for the handling of computer security incidents. CMU licenses the CERT mark to various organizations that are performing the activities of a CSIRT.

The history of CERT, and of CSIRTS, is linked to the existence of [[Malware|malware]], especially [[Computer worm|computer worm]]s and [[Computer virus|viruses]]. Whenever a new [[Engineering:Technology|technology]] arrives, its misuse is not long in following. The first worm in the [[Company:IBM|IBM]] VNET was covered up. Shortly after, a worm hit the [[Internet]] on 3 November 1988, when the so-called Morris Worm paralysed a good percentage of it.  This led to the formation of the first computer emergency response team at Carnegie Mellon University under U.S. Government contract. With the massive growth in the use of information and communications technologies over the subsequent years, the generic term 'CSIRT' refers to an essential part of most large organisations' structures. In many organisations the CSIRT evolves into an [[Information security operations center|information security operations center]].

==Global associations and teams==
FIRST,<ref>{{cite web |title=FIRST - Improving Security Together |url=https://www.first.org |website=FIRST |access-date=6 December 2018}}</ref> the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams, is the global association of CSIRTs.

==National or economic region teams==

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!Member of FIRST
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|{{flag|Laos}}
|[https://www.laocert.gov.la LaoCERT]
|Lao Computer Emergency Response Team
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|{{flag|Australia}}

|[https://www.auscert.org.au/ AusCERT]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.auscert.org.au/about|title=About AusCERT — AusCERT Main|website=Auscert.org.au|access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref>

|Cyber Emergency Response Team (CERT) in Australia and the Asia/Pacific region

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Australia}}

|[https://cyber.gov.au/ Australian Cyber Security Centre (ACSC)]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyber.gov.au/about|title=About &#124; Cyber.gov.au|website=cyber.gov.au|access-date=29 September 2019}}</ref>

|In 2010 the Australian Federal Government started CERT Australia. In 2018 CERT Australia became part of the [[Organization:Australian Cyber Security Centre|Australian Cyber Security Centre]] (ACSC) which then in turn became part of the [[Organization:Australian Signals Directorate|Australian Signals Directorate]] (ASD).

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Austria}}

|[https://www.cert.at/ CERT.at]

|The national Computer Emergency Response Team for Austria as part of the Austrian domain registry [https://nic.at/ NIC.at] for .at.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cert.at/about/scope/scope.html|title=Zuständigkeit - CERT.at|website=www.cert.at|access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref>

|9 employees<ref>{{cite web|title=Das Team - CERT.at|url=https://cert.at/about/team/team.html|website=cert.at|access-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>

|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Austria}}

|[https://www.govcert.gv.at/ govCERT Austria]

|A public-private partnership of CERT.at and the Austrian Chancellery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://govcert.gv.at/|title=GovCERT in Österreich - GovCERT.gv.at|website=govcert.gv.at|access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Austria}}

|Austrian Energy CERT (AEC)<!--(established by the gov; or should it also be moved to another list?)-->

|A cooperation between CERT.at and the Austrian energy sector for energy and gas sector.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cert.at/about/aec/content.html|title=- CERT.at|website=cert.at|access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Austria}}

|ACOnet-CERT

|The Computer Emergency Response Team of [[Organization:ACOnet|ACOnet]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aco.net/cert.html?L=1|title=Security|website=www.aco.net|language=en|access-date=17 June 2017}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Bangladesh}}

|[https://www.cirt.gov.bd/ BGD e-Gov CIRT]

|Bangladesh Government's Computer Incident Response Team (BGD e-GOV CIRT) is acting as the National CIRT of Bangladesh (N-CIRT) currently with responsibilities including receiving, reviewing, and responding to computer security incidents and activities.

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Belgium}}

|[https://cert.be/ CERT.be]

|Centre for Cyber Security Belgium

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Bolivia}}

|[https://cgii.gob.bo CGII.gob.bo]

|Centro de Gestión de Incidentes Informáticos

|8 employees

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|{{flag|Brazil}}

|[https://www.cert.br/ CERT.br]

|Brazilian National Computer Emergency Response Team

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Canada}}

|[https://cyber.gc.ca/en/about-cyber-centre Canadian Centre for Cyber Security]

|Assumed national CERT role with the transfer of the Canadian Cyber Incident Response Centre (CCIRC) from Public Safety Canada in October 2018.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cse-cst.gc.ca/en/media/media-2018-10-01|title=The Minister of National Defence Announces the Launch of the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security|last=Toolkit|first=Web Experience|website=cse-cst.gc.ca|language=en|access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|China}}

|[http://www.cert.org.cn/ CNCERT/CC]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cert.org.cn/publish/english/index.html|title=About CNCERT|publisher=CNCERT|access-date=16 August 2017}}</ref>

| Founded in September 2002

| 40 employees<ref>{{cite web|title=中国互联网网络安全报告|url=http://www.cert.org.cn/publish/main/upload/File/2016_cncert_report.pdf|website=cert.org.cn|access-date=25 July 2018}}</ref>

|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Colombia}}

|[http://www.colcert.gov.co colCERT]

| Grupo de Respuesta a Emergencias Cibernéticas de Colombia - colCERT

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|{{flag|Croatia}}

|[[Organization:CARNet|CARNet]] CERT

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Czech Republic}}

|CSIRT.CZ

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Denmark}}

|[https://www.cert.dk/ DKCERT]

|Danish Computer Security Incident Response Team

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|{{yes}}
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|{{flag|Denmark}}

|[https://cfcs.dk/ CFCS-DK]

|Centre for Cyber Security

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Ecuador}}

|[https://www.ecucert.gob.ec/ ECUCERT]

|Centro de Respuesta a Incidentes Informáticos del Ecuador

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Egypt}}

|EG-CERT<ref>{{cite web|title=EG-CERT|url=http://www.mcit.gov.eg/TeleCommunications/Cyber_Security|access-date=7 November 2017|language=en}}</ref>

|Work as trust center for Cyber Security Services across Egyptian cyber space.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.first.org/members/teams/eg-cert|title= EG-CERT Team Information |access-date=7 November 2017}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Estonia}}

|[https://cert.ee CERT-EE]<ref>{{cite web|title=CERT Estonia|url=https://www.cert.ee|access-date=15 November 2018|language=en}}</ref>

|The national and governmental Computer Emergency Response Team for Estonia.

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Europe}}

|CERT-EU<ref>{{cite web|title=CERT-EU|url= https://cert.europa.eu|access-date=26 February 2020|language=en}}</ref>

| Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-EU) for the EU institutions, agencies and bodies.<ref>{{cite web|title=CERT-EU team information|url=https://www.first.org/members/teams/cert-eu|access-date=26 February 2020|language=en}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}
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|Eurocontrol
|[https://www.eurocontrol.int/service/european-air-traffic-management-computer-emergency-response-team EATM-CERT]
|European Air Traffic Management Computer Emergency Response Team
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|{{flag|Finland}}
|[https://www.kyberturvallisuuskeskus.fi/en NCSC-FI]
| National Cyber Security Centre of Finland
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|{{yes}}

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|{{Flag|France}}

|[https://www.cert.ssi.gouv.fr/ CERT-FR]

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|{{flag|Germany}}

|[https://www.cert-bund.de/ CERT-Bund]

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Ghana}}

|[https://cybersecurity.gov.gh/ CERT-GH]

|National Cyber Security Centre of Ghana

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|{{flag|Ghana}}

|[https://nca-cert.org.gh/ NCA-CERT]

|National Communications Authority Computer Emergency Response Team

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|{{flag|Hong Kong}}

|[https://www.hkcert.org/ HKCERT]

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Iceland}}

|[https://www.cert.is/ CERT-IS]

| The national Computer Emergency Response Team for Iceland as part of the [https://www.pfs.is/english Post and Telecommunication Administration] in Iceland
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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|[https://cert.gov.sa/ar/ Saudi-CERT]

 
| Saudi CERT has three main functions: increasing the level of knowledge and awareness regarding cybersecurity, disseminate information about vulnerabilities, and campaigns and cooperating with other response teams. Saudi CERT serves different stakeholder in the country including individuals business and government agencies. And proactive and reactive services.
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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|India}}

|[https://cert-in.org.in CERT-In]

|CERT-In

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Indonesia}}

|ID-SIRTII/CC

|Indonesia Security Incident Response Team on Internet Infrastructure coordination centre was founded in 2007.<ref>{{cite web|title=ID-SIRTII/CC|url=https://www.first.org/members/teams/id-sirtii-cc|website=FIRST — Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams|access-date=30 June 2017}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Iran}}

|[https://www.certcc.ir CERTCC MAHER]

|Maher Center of Iranian National Computer Emergency Response Team

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|{{flag|Israel}}
|[https://www.gov.il/he/departments/Units/unit_cert_il CERT-IL]
|The Israeli Cyber Emergency Response Team is part of [https://www.gov.il/en/departments/israel_national_cyber_directorate/govil-landing-page Israel National Cyber Directorate]
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|{{yes}}
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|{{flag|Italia}}

|[https://csirt.gov.it/ CSIRT Italia]

| Established at the National Cybersecurity Agency for the implementation of the NIS Directive in Italy  absorbed previous CERT-PA and CERT-Nazionale.

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|{{flag|Japan}}

|JPCERT/CC

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Japan}}

|IPA-CERT

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Jersey}}

|CERT-JE<ref>{{cite web|title=Jersey Cyber Emergency Response Team|url= https://www.gov.je/StayingSafe/BeSafeOnline/ProtectYourBusinessOnline/Pages/CyberEmergencyResponseTeam.aspx|access-date=1 July 2021|language=en}}</ref>

| Jersey Cyber Emergency Response Team. Established 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cyber resilience team established|url=https://www.gov.je/News/2021/Pages/CERT.aspx|access-date=1 July 2021|language=en}}</ref>

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|{{flag|Kazakhstan}}
|[https://cert.kz/en TSARKA]
|Computer Emergency Response Team in Kazakhstan was founded in 2015
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|{{yes}}
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|{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}}

|[https://cert.kg/ CERT-KG]

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|{{flag|Luxembourg}}

|[https://circl.lu/ CIRCL]

|CIRCL is the CERT for the private sector, communes and non-governmental entities in Luxembourg.

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Macau}}

|[[Organization:Macau Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Centre|MOCERT]]

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|{{flag|Malaysia}}

|[http://www.mycert.org.my MyCERT]

|The Malaysia Computer Emergency Response Team was established in 1997. It is now part of CyberSecurity Malaysia<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cybersecurity.my/en/about_us/history/main/detail/734/index.html|title=CyberSecurity Malaysia {{!}} An Agency Under MOSTI|website=www.cybersecurity.my|language=en|access-date=22 September 2017}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Mexico}}

|[[Organization:Federal Police (Mexico)#Scientific Division|CERT-MX]]

|The Centre of Expertise in Technological Response, is part of the Scientific Division of the [[Organization:Federal Police (Mexico)|Federal Police (Mexico)]]

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|{{yes}}

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|{{Flag|Moldova}}

|[https://stisc-cert.gov.md/ CERT-GOV-MD]

|Center for Response on Cybersecurity Incidents - CERT-GOV-MD
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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Mongolia}}

|MNCERT/CC

|Mongolian Cyber Emergency Response Team / Coordination Center. Founded in 2014.

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Morocco}}

|[https://www.dgssi.gov.ma/fr maCERT]

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Netherlands}}

|NCSC-NL

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|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|[https://www.surf.nl/en/surfcert-247-support-in-case-of-security-incidents/surfcert-service-description-rfc-2350 SURFcert]
|Computer Emergence Response Team for the Dutch research and education network.

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|New Zealand}}

|CERTNZ<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cert.govt.nz/about/about-us/|title=About us {{!}} CERT NZ|website=www.cert.govt.nz|language=en-GB|access-date=11 April 2017}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Nigeria}}

|ngCERT<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cert.gov.ng/|title=ngCERT|date=15 May 2015|website=Cert.gov.ng|access-date=2 December 2016}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Norway}}

|NorCERT<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nsm.stat.no/norcert/|title=NorCert - Nasjonalt Cybersikkerhetssenter|website=nsm.stat.no|access-date=26 August 2018}}</ref>

|Cyber Security Center and national CERT of Norway. Part of the National Security Authority (''NSM'').

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Pakistan}}

|PakCERT

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|{{flag|Papua New Guinea}}

|[https://www.pngcert.org.pg/ PNGCERT]

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|{{flag|Philippines}}

|[https://cert.ph/ CSP-CERT]

|CyberSecurity Philippines - CERT, established in 2016 the very first Non-profit CSIRT/CERT organization in the Philippines.

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|{{flag|Poland}}

|CERT Polska

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Portugal}}

|[https://www.cert.pt CERT.PT]

| Part of the National Cyber Security Center (CNCS) of Portugal

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Qatar}}

|[[Q-CERT]]

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Republic of Ireland}}

|[[National Cyber Security Centre (Ireland)|CSIRT-IE]]

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|{{Flag|Romania}}

|[https://www.cert.ro/ CERT-RO]

|Centrul Naţional de Răspuns la Incidente de Securitate Cibernetică - CERT-RO

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|{{Flag|Russia}}

|[http://www.gov-cert.ru/ GOV-CERT]

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|{{Flag|Russia}}

|[http://www.cert.ru/ RU-CERT]

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|{{yes}}

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|{{Flag|Russia}}

|[http://www.cert-gib.com/ CERT-GIB]

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|{{Flag|Russia}}

|[https://www.bi.zone/ BI.ZONE-CERT]

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|{{Flag|Russia}}

|[https://www.cbr.ru/eng/information_security/fincert/ Financial CERT]

|Financial Sector Computer Emergency Response Team (special division of the Bank of Russia)

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|{{yes}}
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|{{Flag|Russia}}

|[https://ics-cert.kaspersky.com/ KASPERSKY ICS CERT]

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|{{Flag|Russia}}

|[http://cert.gov.ru/en/ NCIRCC]

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|{{flag|Serbia}}

|[https://cert.rs SRB-CERT]

|National CERT of the Republic of Serbia

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|{{yes}}
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|{{flag|Serbia}}

|[https://www.mup.gov.rs MUP CERT]

|Centar za reagovanje na napade na informacioni sistem

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Singapore}}

|[https://www.csa.gov.sg/singcert SingCERT]

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Slovakia}}

|[https://www.sk-cert.sk/ SK-CERT]

|<nowiki>Národná jednotka SK-CERT | National unit SK-CERT</nowiki>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Slovenia}}

|[https://www.cert.si SI-CERT]

|Slovenian Computer Emergency Response Team, part of [[Organization:ARNES|ARNES]]
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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Slovenia}}

|[https://www.gov.si/teme/informacijska-varnost/#e25120 SIGOV-CERT]

|Specifically formed for information security in the government sector of Slovenia
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|{{flag|South Africa}}

|[https://www.cybersecurityhub.gov.za/ CSHUB-CSIRT]

|CyberSecurity Hub CSIRT established by the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cybersecurityhub.gov.za/images/docs/FRC2350.pdf|title=CSHUB-CSIRT description according to RFC2350|website=cybersecurityhub.gov.za|access-date=February 18, 2021}}</ref>
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|{{flag|South Korea}}

|[https://www.krcert.or.kr/ KrCERT/CC]

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Spain}}

|[https://www.ccn-cert.cni.es/ CCN-CERT]

|Centro Criptológico Nacional

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|{{yes}}

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|{{Flag|Sri Lanka}}

|<nowiki>SL CERT | CC</nowiki><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.slcert.gov.lk|title=Welcome to Sri Lanka CERT{{!}}CC|website=www.slcert.gov.lk|access-date=27 May 2018}}</ref>

|<nowiki>Computer Emergency Readiness Team | Co-ordination Center</nowiki>

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|{{Yes}}

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|{{flag|Sweden}}

|CERT-SE<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cert.se/om-cert-se|title=About CERT-SE — CERT-SE website|website=cert.se|access-date=18 January 2017}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Switzerland}}

|GovCERT.ch<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.govcert.admin.ch|title=Swiss Government Computer Emergency Response Team (GovCERT.ch)|website=www.govcert.admin.ch|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref>

|The parent organisation of GovCERT.ch is the Swiss Reporting and Analysis Centre for Information Assurance (MELANI)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.melani.admin.ch/melani/en/home.html|title=Reporting and Analysis Centre for Information Assurance (MELANI)|website=www.melani.admin.ch|access-date=13 May 2018}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Taiwan}}

|TWCERT/CC<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cert.org.tw|title=TWCERT/CC 台灣電腦網路危機處理暨協調中心|date=27 September 2010|website=Cert.org.tw|access-date=2 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114095220/http://www.cert.org.tw/|archive-date=14 November 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Thailand}}

|[https://www.thaicert.or.th/ ThaiCERT] <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thaicert.or.th/about.html | title=เกี่ยวกับไทยเซิร์ต | trans-title=About ThaiCert | publisher=Thailand Computer Emergency Response Team | language=th | access-date=28 April 2019 }}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Tonga}}

|[https://web.archive.org/web/20181029001806/https://www.cert.to/ CERT Tonga]

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|{{flag|Turkey}}

|[[Organization:TR-CERT|TR-CERT]] (USOM)

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|[https://group-fs.com FS Group]

|FS Group - CERT

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Ukraine}}

|[https://cert.gov.ua CERT-UA]

|Computer Emergency Response Team of Ukraine

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|[http://www.aecert.ae aeCERT]

|The United Arab Emirates - Computer Emergency Response Team

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Uganda}}

|[https://www.cert.ug CERT.UG]

|Uganda National Computer Emergency Response Team /CC (Absorbed UG-CERT [https://www.ug-cert.ug])

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|United Kingdom}}

|[[Organization:National Cyber Security Centre (United Kingdom)|National Cyber Security Centre]]

|Absorbed CERT-UK

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|United States}}

|US-CERT

|Part of the [[National Cyber Security Division]] of the United States Department of Homeland Security.<ref name="Computerworld">{{cite news|url=http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,89488,00.html|title=DHS launches national cyber alert system|author=Verton, Dan|date=28 January 2004|work=Computerworld|access-date=15 June 2008|publisher=IDG}}</ref>

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|United States}}

|[[Organization:CERT Coordination Center|CERT/CC]]

|Created by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and run by the [[Organization:Software Engineering Institute|Software Engineering Institute]] (SEI) at the [[Organization:Carnegie Mellon University|Carnegie Mellon University]]

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|{{yes}}

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|{{flag|Uzbekistan}}

|[https://uzcert.uz UzCERT]

|Computer Emergency Response Team of Uzbekistan

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|{{flag|Vietnam}}

|[http://www.vncert.gov.vn/ VNCERT]

|Vietnam CERT

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|{{yes}}

|}

==See also==

* [[Computer security]]
* Digital humanitarianism
* Emergency prevention
** [[Proactive cyber defence]]
** [[White hat (computer security)]]
** Critical infrastructure protection
* [[Software:Incident management|Incident management]]
* [[Information security]]
* [[Responsible disclosure]]
* [[Vulnerability (computing)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.cert.org/ CERT-CC website]
* [https://www.first.org/ FIRST website]

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