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Computer Emergency Response Team  

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  • The Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) was formed in 1988 at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. CERT issues warnings to governmental agencies and the public at large about viruses and security threats. [Source: Encyclopedia of New Media; Computer Emergency Response Team]

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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Computer_Emergency_Response_Team

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