We are moving away from PGP email for coordinated vulnerability disclosure in favor of a web-based platform called VINCE. We encourage you to read about and start using VINCE. |
We recommend that you encrypt sensitive information in email to protect it from being viewed by unintended recipients. We prefer OpenPGP standard cryptography, which usually means Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) or the GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG or GPG). However, can use S/MIME or other methods on a case-by-case basis.
Those unable to use PGP can contact us at <cert@cert.org> or +1 412-268-5800 to arrange alternative methods.
We also encourage you to check the PGP signature on email and documents to verify the authenticity and integrity of mail from the CERT/CC.
Our current PGP key is available below and has the following properties:
Key ID: 2294BA7D2B2298B9
The CERT PGP keys have an operational life span of approximately one year. When we generate a new key, it will be published on this page and updated on public keyservers.
Call us at +1 412-268-5800 to verify the fingerprint.
Below is a list of keys currently or previously used by CERT/CC. Please use only the most recent key for encrypting new information.