Campus area network (CAN)

A data network intended to serve an area approximating that of a large city or college campus. Such networks are being implemented by innovative techniques, such as running fiber cables through subway tunnels.
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The person who maintains user accounts, password files, and system software on your campus network.
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An organization that provides direct access to the Internet, such as the provider that links your college or university to the Net.
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The CERT is chartered to work with the Internet community to facilitate its response to computer security events involving Internet hosts, to take proactive steps to raise the community’s awareness of computer security issues, and to conduct research targeted at improving the security of existing systems. The U. S. CERT is based at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh; regional CERTs are like NICs, springing up in different parts of the world.
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Office of a federal department or agency that keeps records of accountable COMSEC material held by elements subject to its oversight.
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