The Beginning of the CERT Coordination Center

• November 2, 1988

• Internet worm attack - Morris worm

• November 8, 1988

• National Computer Security Center - Worm Postmortem Meeting

• November 17, 1988

• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) formed the Computer Emergency Response Team

• Purpose: to serve as a focal point for the computer security concerns of Internet users

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