 Information Security for London (ISfL) is a forum for the Information Security officers of the London boroughs and associated public sector organisations. Facilitated by London Connects, it allows the boroughs to get together on a regular basis to share good practice, exchange views and address security issues that could potentially be affecting everyone.
 London connects also runs a Warning, Advice & Reporting Point (WARP) as part of the ISfL offering. WARPs are part of the Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure's (CPNI) information sharing strategy to help combat the increasing risk of electronic attack on our information systems. WARPs have been shown to be effective in improving information security by stimulating better communication of alerts and warnings, improving awareness and education, and encouraging incident reporting. Membership of a WARP can also reduce the costs of good Security.
The London Connects WARP was launched in April 2003 and was the first WARP to be set up in order to prove the WARP concept. It is now very well established and serves the 33 London boroughs. The LCWARP service is part of the overall ISfL work programme.
A WARP offers three main services:
Filtered Warnings Service
The aim of this service is to provide the ISfL community with filtered email alerts. The basic concept is that ISfL members complete an online ‘secure’ tick-list that identifies their areas of interest. Alerts and Advisories from a number of sources, including GovCERT-UK and ISfL itself, will be filtered against the tick-list criteria for relevance and urgency and disseminated via email in a timely manner. This filtering is carried out automatically by the web application.
Access the service at: http://194.153.218.31/FWA5
Advice Brokering Service
This service is all about information sharing and is the heart of any WARP. ISfL practices it’s advice brokering in two main ways. The group meets every six weeks at its ‘Members’ Forums’ and spends a full day benefiting from presentations, round tables, workshops and networking.
ISfL Members' Fourm Terms of Reference - Oct 07
ISfL also has an online collaboration space using Socitm’s GovXchange service. Members can access the space at:
http://govx.socitm.gov.uk/spaces/isl/
Information Security Officers can request an account on the ISfL GovX space by emailing
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Trusted Sharing Service
Members are encouraged to share security incidents with each other, anonymised if required, so that everyone can benefit from lessons learned.
To report an incident or for any other issues to do with ISfL, please contact Matt Smith on 07940 214824 or email at
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