South East Government WARP (SEGWARP)
Councils in the South East now have the opportunity to sign up to the new SE Government Warning, Advice and Reporting point (SEGWARP) which was launched at the beginning of August.
SEGWARP is a not for profit service operated by SEE and the University of Wolverhampton and run in partnership with the Centre for the Protection of the National Infrastructure (CPNI, a Government Department).
The WARP provides 3 main services:
- Tailored Vulnerability Alerts & Information Security News
- Confidential Sharing of Information and Access to Advice
- Incident Reporting
GCHQ (GovCERTUK) now have responsibility for Local as well as Central Government Information security and see the WARP as an interface to Local Government. The University of Wolverhampton has developed relationships with other appropriate organisations too (e.g. West Midlands Police HiTech Crime Unit).
Initially, we have concentrated on establishing the provision of warnings, alerts and news (which is mainly via email). The team at the University of Wolverhampton spend 4 - 5 hours each day analysing over 25 sources of the latest information so that our members don't have to.
We will also have a Member Forum which will meet quarterly. Our first meeting and launch will be held in January at a London venue. The agenda and further details will follow soon.
WARP annual membership is £1,000 for County councils, £750 for Unitary councils and £500 for Districts councils.
If you would like to join, please contact Juliet Thomas with the following details:
- Your nominated contact
- Full name
- Email address
- Telephone number
- Job title
- Details of who to invoice
Useful links:
NLAWARP - National Local Authority Warning, Advice and Reporting Point
WARP website - http://www.warp.gov.uk/
CPNI - Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure
WMCWARP - West Midlands Council WARP (run by University of Wolverhampton)