Joined and coordinated detection, handling, and prevention of cyberattacks

A computer implemented method of managing a consortium of monitoring systems which detect and handle cyberattacks, comprising:

• registering each of a plurality of monitoring systems as a member in response to corresponding registration requests for becoming a member of the consortium of monitoring systems, wherein each of the monitoring systems is associated with a distinct, independent business entity and each of the monitoring systems comprises one or more central monitoring stations, each of the central monitoring stations comprising a processor and a memory and monitoring one or more client computer systems for cyberattacks to the client computer systems and associated with one or more specialists who can physically work with the client computer systems, and wherein at least one of the monitoring systems comprises one or more local handling stations;
• receiving a report in electronic format from a first member coupled to a computer network;
• processing the electronic report to detect a cyberattack to a client computer system of the first member;
• responding to the cyberattack with the first member and a second member, wherein the second member assigns computing or human resources for mitigating the cyberattack;
• and
• updating a repository of data related to cyberattacks accessible to members of the consortium.

A computer program product embodied on one or more non-transitory computer readable media, comprising:

• program code for registering each of a plurality of monitoring systems as a member in response to corresponding registration requests for becoming a member of the consortium of monitoring systems, wherein each of the monitoring systems is associated with a distinct, independent business entity and each of the monitoring systems comprises one or more central monitoring stations, each of the central monitoring stations comprising a processor and a memory and monitoring one or more client computer systems for cyberattacks to the client computer systems and associated with one or more specialists who can physically work with the client computer systems, and wherein at least one of the monitoring systems comprises one or more local handling stations;
• program code for receiving a report in electronic format from a first member coupled to a computer network;
• program code for processing the electronic report to detect a cyberattack to a client computer system of the first member;
• program code for responding to the cyberattack with the first member and a second member, wherein the second member assigns computing or human resources for mitigating the cyberattack;
• and
• program code for updating a repository of data related to cyberattacks accessible to members of the consortium.