Exam 312-49v10 topic 1 question 62 discussion

C US-CERT is responsible for analyzing and reducing cyber threats, vulnerabilities, disseminating cyber threat warning information, and coordinating incident response activities.

Answer: D Explanation: (A) NIPC ❌ National Infrastructure Protection Center focuses on cyber threats, not hoaxes. (B) FEDCIRC ❌ Federal Computer Incident Response Center handles government cybersecurity, not hoaxes. (C) CERT ❌ Computer Emergency Response Team deals with vulnerabilities, not tracking hoaxes. (D) CIAC ✅ Computer Incident Advisory Capability tracks both hoaxes and viruses.

One well-known example of such an organization is the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), which is part of the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. CERT/CC focuses on tracking and responding to cybersecurity threats, including providing information on hoaxes and scams to help protect individuals and organizations from falling prey to misleading or fraudulent information. --> CERT

Computer Incident Advisory Capability (CIAC) was the original computer security incident response team at the United States Department of Energy. CIAC was formed in February 1989, jointly sponsored by the DOE Office of the CIO and the Air Force. The primary function of CIAC was, as the name implies, to advise people of computer incidents. Primarily this means security vulnerabilities, virus and hoax alerts and similar information security concerns. CIAC was a founding member of GFIRST, the Government Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams and FIRST, an international incident response and security organization. CIAC published incident reports and bulletins up until it was officially renamed to DOE-CIRC and relocated to Las Vegas, Nevada in October 2008