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1. Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Coordination Center

The CERT Coordination Center is part of the Networked Systems Survivability Program at teh Software Engineering Institute of Carnegie Mellon University. The Center was established by DARPA in 1988 and now is supported by GSA and the Departments of Justice and Defense. The CERT provides incident response teams, training, and research services.

2. The ‘Why’ of Viruses

Virus authors say they create destructive program to develop their skills, but there are a host of other motivations.

3. "Hacked! Are your Company Files Safe?"

November 1996 issue of PC World Theft and destruction of company files is increasing faster than the ability to stop it. Is your company next? And what can you do to protect it? By Jeffrey Rothfeder

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