Computer Companies United Against Terrorism (CCUAT)

Computer Companies United Against Terrorism (CCUAT) was formed by the American Computer Science Association Inc. one month after the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. First formally proposed by the office of the United States Attorney General John Ashcroft and followed up on by successive Defense and Justice Department liaison, the membership rose from the original 200 to encompass in excess of 13,000 computer and technology firms in North America, the Pacific Rim, Asia and Europe. CCUAT has consistently provided itself as an information resource and action committee in support of formal commercial risk assessment and threat assessment programs between technology companies and the United States and NATO's ongoing efforts to counter International Terror Groups.