The Computer Emergency Response Team was originally set up by Carnegie Mellon University in the late 1980's in response to the first widespread infection of computers by malicious software. With Government funding, CERT was set up to counter future problems of this nature. Since then, many commercial companies have been established to counter the threat of malicious code but CERT still operates as a centre of research and expertise and its role has expanded to encompass all aspects of computer and network security.
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