Warning, Advice and Reporting Point (WARP) is a community or internal company-based service to share advice and information on computer-based
threats
A threat is a communication of intent to inflict harm or loss on another person. Intimidation is a tactic used between conflicting parties to make the other timid or psychologically insecure for coercion or control. The act of intimidation for co ...
and
vulnerabilities
Vulnerability refers to "the quality or state of being exposed to the possibility of being attacked or harmed, either physically or emotionally."
A window of vulnerability (WOV) is a time frame within which defensive measures are diminished, com ...
.
WARPs typically provide:
* Warning - A filtered warning service, where subscribers receive
alerts
Alert messaging (or alert notification) is machine-to-person communication that is important or time sensitive. An alert may be a calendar reminder or a notification of a new message.
Alert messaging emerged from the study of personal information ...
and advisory information on only the subjects relevant to them.
* Advice - An advice brokering service, where members can ask and respond to questions in a trusted
secure environment.
* Reporting - Central collection of information on incidents and problems in a trusted secure environment. The collected information may then be
anonymised and shared amongst the membership.
On average, WARPs cost much less to set up than a Computer Emergency Response Centre, as in
CERT/CC or
US-CERT
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is an organization within the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). Specifically, US-CERT is a branch of the Office of ...
.
See also
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Information security management system Information security management (ISM) defines and manages controls that an organization needs to implement to ensure that it is sensibly protecting the confidentiality, availability, and integrity of assets from threats and vulnerabilities. The cor ...
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British cyber security community The cyber security (or information assurance) community in the United Kingdom is diverse, with many stakeholders groups contributing to support the '' UK Cyber Security Strategy''. The following is a list of some of these stakeholders.
Governmen ...
External links
UK WARP Official homepage with downloadable toolbox
Computer security organizations
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