security, body (CERT) An organisation formed by DARPA in

November 1988 in response to the needs exhibited during the

Internet worm incident. The CERT charter is to work with

the Internet community to facilitate its response to

computer security events involving Internet hosts, to take

proactive steps to raise the community's awareness of computer

security issues and to conduct research targeted at improving

the security of existing systems. CERT products and services

include 24-hour technical assistance for responding to

computer security incidents, product vulnerability assistance,

technical documents and tutorials.