Warning, Advice and Reporting Point (WARP) is a community or internal company-based service to share advice and information on computer-based
threats and
vulnerabilities.
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
In computing, a secure environment is any system which implements the controlled storage and use of information. In the event of computing data loss, a secure environment is used to protect personal and/or confidential data.
Often, secure enviro ...
.
* Reporting - Central collection of information on incidents and problems in a trusted secure environment. The collected information may then be
anonymised
Anonymity describes situations where the acting person's identity is unknown. Some writers have argued that namelessness, though technically correct, does not capture what is more centrally at stake in contexts of anonymity. The important idea he ...
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.
See also
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Information security management system
*
British cyber security community
External links
UK WARP Official homepage with downloadable toolbox
Computer security organizations
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