It will help identify and correct the vulnerabilities that allowed the breach. CERT can also put you in touch with other sites affected by the same incident, and will help you communicate with law enforcement agencies. According to its Web site, CERT has received more than 260,000 e-mail messages and 17,600 hotline calls reporting computer security incidents or requesting information. CERT data reports that 95 percent of user-related security issues result from problems that already have solutions unknown to or ignored by network administrators, said Bill Fithen. Most security issues can be easily resolved simply by keeping your anti-virus measures updated.
CERT has, and as far as the staff knows, never sustained a security breach.
We also don't manufacture, promote or endorse any specific security hardware or software, though we do act as an intermediary for vendors and users. Interest at our forums has been intense. If we're later contacted by some of the people we've met this week, we'll know our visit paid off.