CSIRTs and CERTs

The Internet has experienced massive development and commercialisation in the 21st century. The number of users, the number of computer systems connected to the global network and also the number of critical services being operated increased dramatically, both from the commercial sphere (e.g. electronic banking, e-shops, electronic auctions) and from the state sphere (e.g. state information service administration and self-government, registers). Security incidents, cyberattacks, and crime committed through information and communication technologies in the real and virtual worlds are becoming increasingly more serious, and their impacts and consequences are deteriorating.

A significant difference of this cybercrime from other types of crime is its high latency, high level of tolerance by society (including user indifference), anonymity of the perpetrator and its often difficult identification. There is a growing need to streamline defence against these attacks, in particular to improve the environment and means of tracing the perpetrator, to unify and formalise procedures, and to educate users to identify, deal with and ideally prevent threats and risk situations. For this purpose, the infrastructure of the CERT and CSIRT security teams is being built.