Set up a WARP
If you think that a WARP can offer benefits to your community then the next step should be to consider how you can go about building and running your own by becoming a WARP operator.
“Establishing a community based service to provide rapid dissemination and sharing of common information security threats poses many challenges, not least how to do so in a timely and cost effective manner. By employing the WARP platform IRISSCERT was able to successfully meet those challenges and established our services quickly and effectively. Anyone looking to establish Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) should give serious consideration to using a WARP as the platform to provide services to their constituency.
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- Brian Honan, independent Information Security Consultant based in Dublin, Ireland and founder and head of IRISS-CERT - Ireland's first CSIRT and a WARP for the Irish (Eire) SME sector.
Support from existing WARPs
All WARPs sign up to a 
Code of Practice, which is a commitment to encourage and assist new and existing WARPs wherever possible, and uphold the WARP ethos. Representatives of other WARPs will always be willing to discuss any problems you may have. All operational WARPs are invited to join the WARP Operators Forum which meets regularly, and has its own dedicated Bulletin Board.
Regular WARP events
Attending events like the Annual WARP Forum or asking to be invited to one of the quarterly WARP Operators Forums can be an excellent introduction to the issues related to building and running a WARP. The Annual WARP Forum also includes workshops, many of which could be directly relevant to operating WARPs with your particular community. Details of WARP-related events will be announced in the What’s New section on this website and on the WARP Operators Forum Bulletin Board.
The WARP Website
This site has been designed to assist people who want to join a WARP or set up and run a WARP. Using this site you will be able to:
- Get help in producing a business case for a WARP
- Read guidelines, case studies and reference documents
- Download customisable documents, presentations and spreadsheets
- Download publications and WARP marketing material which you can re-use