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.