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 annual conference in
Kyoto, Japan.
The topic of the competition was chosen 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."
2009 Winners
