Computer Emergency Response Team for the education and research community

The job of the GARR-CERT is to manage the security incidents of the GARR network and related organizations.

 

The service coverage time is from Monday to Friday from 9:30 to 16:30, the telephone numbers are those indicated in the contact section.

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GARR Cert tasks

GARR-CERT task:

  • help users in managing security incidents;
  • Respond to incident reports, alerting the users involved and following their developments;
  • Disseminate information on the most common vulnerabilities and the security tools to be adopted;
  • Help users to implement preventive measures necessary to reduce the risk of accidents to acceptable levels;
  • Issue directives on minimum security requirements for systems with network access, verifying compliance;
  • Manage technical updating courses, for all levels, and for end users;
  • Keep up to date with the state of the art of security tools and methodologies;
  • Try existing tools, and develop new ones for specific needs.
RFC 2350 Definition
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GARR CERT was the first Italian team to be accredited and recognized since 2001 by Trusted Introducer.

Trusted Introducer is the service, born in 2000 within the European research community, to encourage and make effective cooperation between teams, thus increasing the general level of security, thanks to the ability to respond quickly to cyber attacks and new threats emerging.

Trusted Introducer website

SCARR: Make secure your network

SCARR is a service to perform remote vulnerability scans in a secure and flexible way. SCARR provides detailed information on the criticalities of its network assets, offering indications and suggestions on possible solutions.

GARR SCARR

 

 

Statistics

Security activities monitoring: vulnerability scanning, incident management and CERT reports

Source: GARR annual report 2024

SCARR: Vulnerability Scans

The chart shows the number of vulnerability scans performed with the SCARR service.

CERT: Security Reports Managed

The chart shows reports handled manually and automatically by CERT, the team that assists users in managing cybersecurity incidents.

Security alerts sent

The chart shows the number of security alerts sent by the GARR community.

Users registered to Security alerts

The chart shows the trend of the number of users registered to the Security alerts service.

Types of Security Incidents Managed

Types of security incidents managed.