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Ministry of Defence
Computer Emergency Response Team

MODCERT Overview

The United Kingdom (UK) Ministry of Defence (MOD) is a member organisation of both the international Federation of Incident Response Security Teams (FIRST) and the Trusted Introducer (TI) scheme, both of which aim to provide a mechanism for Computer Security Incident information to be shared amongst communities of interest.

This function is often colloquially known as a Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), and the MOD organisation is therefore known as the "MODCERT".

MODCERT is a distributed organisaton, consisting of a central Co-ordination Centre (the Joint Security Co-ordination Centre or JSyCC), and a number of Monitoring and Reporting Centres (MRCs),  Warning, Advice and Reporting Points (WARPs), and Incident Response Teams (IRTs). MODCERT works closely with the UK Government CERT (GCERT) at UNIRAS.

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Last Updated: 28 Jun 05