June 30, 2009
Computer Security Incident Best Practices Contest Winners AnnouncedGoal of the compeition was to solicit best practices that prevent cyber attacks or mitigate attacks as they unfold
For the second year in a row, the CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC) and the Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST) jointly hosted an international competition to honor best practices and advances in safeguarding the security of computer systems and networks. The purpose of the contest was to solicit best practices that prevent cyber attacks or mitigate attacks that are unfolding so that others may benefit from the knowledge.
The contest was held in conjunction with the 2009 FIRST Conference that focuses on computer security incident handling. The topic of this year's competition was selected from the phases of a computer security incident response team's cycle of activity: Protect, Detect, Respond and Sustain. This year's topic was "Detect." The 2009 winning entries were:
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