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US-CERT

nounid 4574·updated May 9, 2026
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A partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors, established to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure. US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.

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Classifications

Entity Type

Organization90%rule-basedr:entity.organization.body.v1

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
US-CERTS
possessive
US-CERT'S
pluralpossessive
US-CERTS'

Framework definitions

NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 21 senseview framework →
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A partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors, established to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure. US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
§1
A partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors, established to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure. US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
A partnership between the Department of Homeland Security and the public and private sectors, established to protect the nation's Internet infrastructure. US-CERT coordinates defense against and responses to cyber attacks across the nation.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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