United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team

For the current federal agency, see Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. For the general term, see Computer emergency response team.
United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team
Logo of the team
Agency overview
FormedSeptember 2003 (2003-09)
Preceding agency
  • FedCIRC
HeadquartersDHS Ballston Facility, 1110 N Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22201
Annual budget$93 million (2013)[1]
Parent agencyCybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency
WebsiteUS-CERT.gov

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) was a team under the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency of the Department of Homeland Security.

On February 24, 2023, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) retired US-CERT and ICS-CERT, integrating CISA’s operational content into a new CISA.gov website that better unifies CISA's mission. CISA will continue to be responsible for coordinating cybersecurity programs within the U.S. government to protect against malicious cyber activity, including activity related to industrial control systems. In keeping with this responsibility, CISA will continue responding to incidents, providing technical assistance, and disseminating timely notifications of cyber threats and vulnerabilities.[2]

US-CERT was a branch of the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center of the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications.[3] US-CERT is responsible for analyzing and reducing cyber threats, vulnerabilities, disseminating cyber threat warning information, and coordinating incident response activities.[4]

The division brings advanced network and digital media analysis expertise to bear on malicious activity targeting the networks within the United States and abroad.

  1. ^ DHS (2013). FY 2013 Budget in Brief (PDF) (Report). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. ^ "US-CERT and ICS-CERT Transition to CISA | CISA". www.cisa.gov. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 14 June 2024.Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  3. ^ "About the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center". Archived from the original on September 4, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  4. ^ "US-CERT Infosheet Version 2" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 12, 2013. Retrieved September 4, 2013.