CERT.PT's mission is to contribute to the national cibersecurity effort, namely, in the treatment and coordination of security incidents, production of security related alerts and recommendations and in the promotion of a cybersecurity culture in Portugal. For this porpuse CERT.PT:

• Provides support to computer users in the resolution of computer security incidents, advising procedures, analyzing artifacts and coordinating with relevant stakeholders;

• Gathers and disseminates information related to new security vulnerabilities and makes recommendations for potential security risks and malicious activities underway to build awareness of security among computer users;

• Promotes the establishment of new CSIRTs in Portugal and cooperation between them.

CERT.PT responds to computer security incidents in the context of the RCTS user community.

CERT.PT also provides the service of coordinating the response to incidents within the national territory and in particular to those CSIRTS with which it has formal agreements.

If your case does not meet the requirements outlined above, please refer to a list of available CERTs on the Internet, such as FIRST or Trusted Introducer.

For more information please refer to the description of CERT.PT at our RFC 2350.