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The Cabinet Office has outlined the criteria that a new organisational standard for private sector cyber security should meet. 02 May 2013
Small and medium-sized online retailers can benefit from a "network of experts" at "discounted rates" by taking out cyber liability or data breach insurance policies, an expert has said. 23 Apr 2013
This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in January 2013 .
This guide is based on UK law. It was last updated in January 2013.
This article is based on UK law. It was last updated in June 2009.
This article first appeared in the Autumn 2003 issue of the OUT-LAW magazine. There is a chance that the law has changed, or the facts of this article have been superseded.
The Alliance for Electronic Business, sponsored by Pinsent Masons, produced these guidelines which give clear, commercial and practical guidance to SMEs in the UK on how to implement security policies and monitor the security of their systems.
If you have a report to make concerning illegal material on the internet you should contact the UK's Internet Watch Foundation, whether the material appears to originate in the UK or elsewhere.
If you have a report to make on the sale or use of illegal software, you should contact FAST or BSA.
(2-page PDF)
A draft law that would set new information-sharing arrangements that US businesses would have to comply with in relation to cyber security has been passed by the US House of Representatives. 19 Apr 2013
Banks, credit card companies, regulators and all providers of payment services, including third-party providers (TPPs), should be obliged to share information with one another about security risks they encounter in relation to payment systems, the UK's Payments... 15 Apr 2013
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