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Personal Internet Security - follow-up report
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 08:10:41 -0700
________________________________________ From: Brian Randell [Brian.Randell () ncl ac uk] Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 10:18 AM To: David Farber Subject: Fwd: Personal Internet Security - follow-up report Dave: There is extensive coverage in the UK media today for the report on "Personal Internet Security" that has just been issued by the The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. Although House of Lords Committees' reports typically are more easily ignored by the Government than House of Commons committees' reports, they are often much more authoritative, given the typically more expert membership. The new report is largely a follow up to an earlier report, the merits of whose (largely ignored recommendations) were brought home to the Government very forcefully by a whole series of recent highly embarrassing disasters involving various UK Government computer system. Here, for IP if you wish, is a note about this new report that I've just been sent by a colleague. Cheers Brian
Report: <URL:http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld200708/ldselect/ldsctech /131/131.pdf> the BBC: <URL:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7495118.stm> and many others (Lord Broers had a busy morning on the phone!): <URL:http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2221018/lords-renew-calls-secur ity-laws> <URL:http://www.managementconsultancy.co.uk/computing/news/2221020/lords -say-crime-nust-reported> <URL:http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39444410,00.htm> <URL:http://www.computing.co.uk/computing/news/2221020/lords-say-crime-n ust-reported> <URL:http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/210939/lords-demand-banks-foot-the-bill -for-online-fraud.html>
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