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The united State CERT provides cybersecurity protection to Federal, civilian, and executive branch agencies through intrusion detection and prevention capabilities. Which type of incident response tea

The correct answer is C. National CSIRT. US-CERT is a National CSIRT because it provides coordinated cybersecurity incident response at the national level for government and civilian infrastructure, not for a single vendor's products.

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Question

The united State CERT provides cybersecurity protection to Federal, civilian, and executive branch agencies through intrusion detection and prevention capabilities. Which type of incident response team is this an example of?

Options

  • AFederal PSIRT
  • BNational PSIRT
  • CNational CSIRT
  • DFederal CSIRT

How the community answered

(28 responses)
  • B
    4% (1)
  • C
    93% (26)
  • D
    4% (1)

Why each option

US-CERT is a National CSIRT because it provides coordinated cybersecurity incident response at the national level for government and civilian infrastructure, not for a single vendor's products.

AFederal PSIRT

A PSIRT (Product Security Incident Response Team) addresses vulnerabilities in specific vendor products, not nationwide governmental cybersecurity protection.

BNational PSIRT

National PSIRT is not a recognized standard team classification; PSIRT is inherently product- and vendor-scoped, not national in mission.

CNational CSIRTCorrect

A National CSIRT operates at the country level, coordinating incident response and providing protective services to national infrastructure, government agencies, and civilian networks across the entire nation. US-CERT, now operating under CISA, fits this classification by serving federal, civilian, and executive branch entities nationwide rather than a single parent organization. The CSIRT designation is correct because the mission covers broad incident handling, not vendor product vulnerabilities.

DFederal CSIRT

Federal CSIRT is not the standard industry-recognized classification for a country-level team; the accepted term for this scope is National CSIRT.

Concept tested: National CSIRT classification and government scope

Source: https://www.cisa.gov/about-cisa

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#National CSIRT#US-CERT#incident response teams#CSIRT taxonomy

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