French CERT

Role and mission

The priority tasks of each CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) are as follows:

• centralisation of assistance requests following security incidents (attacks) on network and information systems: logging of requests, analysis of symptoms and incident correlation in certain cases;
• cyber-attack alert and response handling: technical analysis, exchange of information with other CERT, and contributing to specific technical studies;
• creation and maintenance of a vulnerabilities database;
• prevention, through the dissemination of information on precautions to be taken in order to minimise the risk, or worse still, the potential consequences of an incident;
• potential coordination with other entities (outside the field of action): network competence centres, operators and Internet service providers and other national and international CERT.

The acronym CSIRT, standing for Computer Security Incident Response Team is also frequently used.

French CERT or CSIRT

A number of CERT exist in France. The following is an alphabetical list of French teams that are members of FIRST or TF-CSIRT :

• CERT-FR is the dedicated CSIRT for the French government authorities;

• CERT-DEVOTEAM is a French commercial CSIRT;

• Cert-IST is a dedicated CSIRT for Industrial, Services and Tertiary Sectors (IST). It was created at the end of 1998 by four partners: Alcatel, CNES, ELF (Total) and France Télécom (Orange);

• CERT LA POSTE is the CSIRT for the La Poste Group, for its internal departments and customers;

• CERT-LEXSI(Cybersecurity Expertise Laboratory) is a French commercial CSIRT;

• CERT-RENATER is the dedicated CERT for the community of members of GIP RENATER (National Telecommunications Network for Technology, Learning and Research);

• CERT-societegenerale is the dedicated CSIRT for the Société Générale Group;

• CERT-XMCO is a French commercial CSIRT;

• CSIRT-BNP Paribas is the dedicated CSIRT for the BNP Paribas Group;

• Orange-CERT-CC is the internal CERT for the Orange telecommunications operator;

• CERT-SOLUCOM is a French commercial CSIRT;

• CERT Crédit Agricole is the dedicated CSIRT for the Crédit Agricole Group;

• Airbus Cybersecurity and Computer Emergency Response Team is a European commercial CSIRT;

• CERT Banque de France is the internal CSIRT for the Banque de France ;

• CSIRT Bull is a French commercial CSIRT;

• Airbus Group CERT (or AiG CERT) is the CSIRT for the Airbus Group.