CERT/CC: Unique Approaches to Client Anonymity and Threat Detection

What makes CERT/CC unique is that it functions as an independent security reporting center that assumes anonymity with each client unless it receives permission to use the client's identity. When officials at Carnegie Mellon University's CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) . . . What makes CERT/CC unique is that it functions as an independent security reporting center that assumes anonymity with each client unless it receives permission to use the client's identity. When officials at Carnegie Mellon University's CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) noticed unusual scanning activity on the Internet's port 80 -- the conduit for Web traffic -- in July 2001, they knew something was wrong.