ISC Exam Questions

The organization that establishes a collaborative partnership of computer incident response, securit

The organization that establishes a collaborative partnership of
computer incident response, security and law enforcement professionals
who work together to handle computer security incidents and to
provide both proactive and reactive security services for the

A.
Federal CIO Council

B.
FederalComputer Incident Response Center

C.
CERT/CC

D.
Center for Infrastructure Protection

Explanation:
To again quote the FedCIRC charter, FedCIRC provides assistance

and guidance in incident response and provides a centralized
approach to incident handling across agency boundaries. Specifically,
the mission of FedCIRC is to:
Provide civil agencies with technical information, tools, methods,
assistance, and guidance
Be proactive and provide liaison activities and analytical support
Encourage the development of quality products and services
through collaborative relationships with Federal civil agencies,
the Department of Defense, academia, and private industry
Promote the highest security profile for government information
technology (IT) resources
Promote incident response and handling procedural awareness
with the federal government
* Answer CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), is a unit of
the Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (SEI).
SEI is a Federally funded R&D Center . CERT’s mission is to alert the
Internet community to vulnerabilities and attacks and to conduct
research and training in the areas of computer security, including
incident response.
* Answer “Center for Infrastructure Protection” is a distracter and answer “Federal CIO Council”,
the Federal Chief Information Officers’ Council, is the sponsor of FedCIRC.