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Steps for Creating National CSIRTs

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In this paper, Georgia Killcrece provides a high-level description of a National Computer Security Incident Response Team (NatCSIRT), its problems, and challenges.
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The purpose of this document is to provide a high-level description of a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT), the problems and challenges facing these CSIRTs, and the benefits for developing such a team or response capability at a national level.

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Killcrece, G. (2004, August 2). Steps for Creating National CSIRTs . Retrieved August 23, 2026, from https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/steps-for-creating-national-csirts/.

@techreport{killcrece_2004,
author={Killcrece, Georgia},
title={Steps for Creating National CSIRTs },
month={Aug},
year={2004},
institution={Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University},
url={https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/steps-for-creating-national-csirts/},
note={Accessed: 2026-Aug-23}
}

Killcrece, Georgia. "Steps for Creating National CSIRTs ." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, August 2, 2004. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/steps-for-creating-national-csirts/.

G. Killcrece, "Steps for Creating National CSIRTs ," Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University. Software Engineering Institute, 2-Aug-2004 [Online]. Available: https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/steps-for-creating-national-csirts/. [Accessed: 23-Aug-2026].

Killcrece, Georgia. "Steps for Creating National CSIRTs ." Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Software Engineering Institute, 2 Aug. 2004. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/steps-for-creating-national-csirts/. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

Killcrece, Georgia. Steps for Creating National CSIRTs . Software Engineering Institute. 2004. https://www.sei.cmu.edu/library/steps-for-creating-national-csirts/

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