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Businesses to discuss cybercrime charter
By Andy McCue [18-12-2002]
Members of blue chip user group to meet hi-tech crime unit in January
UK corporate users are to get their first chance next month to examine
in detail the cybercrime confidentiality charter drawn up by the
National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU).
The charter, to encourage businesses to report hacker attacks by
minimising the disruption of an investigation and keeping the
information out of the media, was unveiled by the police earlier this
month. Members of the blue chip user organisation The Infrastructure
Forum (Tif), will meet with the NHTCU at the end of January to discuss
the charter.
David Roberts, chief executive of Tif, told vnunet.com the charter was a
positive move towards getting companies to report cybercrime. "It's a
necessary thing to be able to do because organisations are not going to
freely disclose information unless they know it is not going to be used
in a way that will get into the public [domain]," he said. Security is
still the dominant issue for users, according to Roberts. He said he
expected that next year the corporate security functions of
organisations would increasingly work together to address new threats
and risks.
Separately, following the high-profile campaign against Microsoft's
licensing changes earlier this year, the user group is aiming to create
a forum for its members to build better relations with the supplier
community. "That means engaging vendors in a slightly different way,"
said Roberts. "We are looking towards facilitating discussions between a
collection of users and a collection of vendors."
Chief executive of supplier body Intellect, John Higgins, said the
vendor/user relationship needed to change. "Too often I see suppliers
and users dancing to the same old tunes and the same issues arise," he
said. "We are at the stage where there is a need to define a more modern
relationship." According to Higgins, users think suppliers 'over-promise
and under-deliver', while suppliers believe users are unrealistic about
expectations and change their minds during projects.
RESOURCES
The infrastucture Forum
<http://www.tif.co.uk>
Police talk up fight against cybercrime
<http://www.pcw.co.uk/News/1137536> [12-12-2002]
Police unveil e-crime Confidentiality Charter
<http://www.pcw.co.uk/News/1137458> [10-12-2002]
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