Emergency Response Team (ERT) / Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)

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An Emergency Response Team (ERT), also known as an Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), is a group of information security experts responsible for the protection against, detection of and response to an organization’s cybersecurity incidents. A Computer Emergency Response Team will identify cyber threats and focus on resolving incidents such as data breaches and denial-of-service attacks as well as providing alerts and incident handling guidelines. CERTs also conduct ongoing public awareness campaigns and engage in research aimed at improving security systems.