About the NCSC Early Warning Service

by Jeremy Tilson
January 2022

Early Warning is a free NCSC service designed to inform your organisation of potential cyber attacks on your network, as soon as possible. The service uses a variety of information feeds and can help you keep your business safer from attack

Early Warning is open to all UK organisations who hold a static IP address or domain name.

The service filters millions of events that the NCSC receives every day and, using the IP and domain names you provide, correlates those which are relevant to your organisation into daily notifications for your nominated contacts via the Early Warning portal.

How does Early Warning work?

There are two types of alerts that will be sent when an alert is detected for your organisation:

Daily Threat Alert – this includes Incident Notifications and Network Abuse Reports
Weekly Vulnerability Alert – this includes Vulnerability and Open Port Alerts

Your organisation can then use the information passed on by Early Warning to investigate the issue and implement appropriate mitigation solutions where required.

How do I register for Early Warning?

You can sign up to Early Warning using the link below:
https://www.earlywarning.service.ncsc.gov.uk

You will need the following details:

Your NCSC Single Sign On details (if you don’t yet have an account, follow the link on the Early Warning signup page to create an account)
Your organisation’s name
Your organisation’s public IP addresses and domain names
The details of the contacts you wish alerts to go to (at least name and email address)

If you need any advice and guidance, we can help with most cyber security concerns, please contact us.

What are the benefits of Early Warning?

By signing up to Early Warning your organisation will be alerted to the presence of malware and vulnerabilities affecting your network
Early Warning enhances your organisation’s security by increasing your awareness of the low-grade incidents which could become much bigger issues, so you can act on them earlier.
You can have increased confidence in the security of your network.
The service is free and fully funded by the NCSC.

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Thanks to NCSC for this info on About the NCSC Early Warning Service - a great source of cybersecurity advice from the Government at ncsc.gov.uk. Crown Copyright, content reproduced under license

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