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CERT!

what is CERT? Today I am back and am going to be speaking to you abou CERT…YAH! Do any of you remember that Morris worm? It was massive at the time and it came into being in November 2008.It was actually written by a student with the name of Robert Tappan Morris from Cornwall University.This worm went mad and caused computer security history for us in a big way.The impact of this Morris worm, brought CERT into our wonderful world both offline and online.

Wikipedia describes the Morris worm as:”The Morris worm or Internet worm was one of the first computer worms distributed via the Internet; it is considered the first worm and was certainly the first to gain significant mainstream media attention. It also resulted in the first conviction in the US under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.[1] It was written by a student at Cornell University, Robert Tappan Morris, and launched on November 2, 1988 from MIT.”

CERT when it came into being was actually made with the purpose of giving computer security experts a central point with regard to actually co ordinating various responses to huge network related emergencies.They are situated at Carnegie mellon University.Of course CERT has obviously done lots of work and has expanded rapidly since our wonderful friend the Morris worm came into being.

CERT does all types of wierd and wonderful computer security related things.They also get actively involved in the computer security community and they also analyze various computer security related stuff.They offer courses and teachings and training which is the vest best their is in the field of computer security.CERT also holds some amazing and fabulous events obviously with regard to computer security and detecting vulnerabilies within systems.

CERT has the best employees working for them,who are top in their field.They cover all the computer security related issues and all have a profound and vast knowledge on hardcore indepth computer security stuff.They deeply and intensely study Internet security vulnerabilities and they also do research into long term changes in networked systems.They have developed specific information and training with the purpose of helping improve computer security everywhere.

You can check it all out on and learn lots more if you simply go to:http://www.cert.org

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