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CMA Faces Loss Of Independence After 49 Years
News The Communications Management Association (CMA) will, pending approval by its members, be swallowed by the British Computer Society (BCS), a much larger organisation which represents UK IT professionals.
[June 21, 2007, 14:36]
CMA To Get Backdoor Update
News Although the bill recommends reform for general areas of UK law enforcement - ranging from dealing with school truants to greater stop and search powers for police - the fifth section, entitled 'Miscellaneous', includes important revisions to the...
[January 26, 2006, 14:55]
BCS And CMA Merge
News With the formalisation of the merger, the CMA underlined that it was still a separate legal entity with its own brand, board and accounts. This will give us as communications professionals access to a wider IT community," said Glenn Powell, chief...
[July 20, 2007, 16:08]
The CMA Is An Ass
Leader We're not concerned so much with the rights and wrongs of a disgruntled individual sending an email bomb to his former employer — something the youth never denied and the judge accepted had happened — but the inability of the CMA to address what...
[November 3, 2005, 13:20]
The CMA Is An Ass
Talkback Basicly the justice system doesn't have a ing clue. What else is new?
[November 3, 2005, 21:36]
The CMA Guide To E-Mail Marketing
White Papers This paper will help readers to gain a high-level view of e-mail marketing, what it is, how to use it effectively, and some current best practices used by marketing professionals. Email has rapidly established itself as a powerful platform in today...
[May 1, 2004, 0:00]
Police: New Laws Won't Tackle Cybercrime
News The UK's online police force has indicated that any changes made to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) will do little to deter hackers. On Tuesday next week, Parliament will have ten minutes to decide whether the 12-year-old CMA needs to be updated.
[April 1, 2005, 15:35]
MPs Start Review Of Computer Misuse Act
News MPs will review the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) at the House of Commons on Thursday, because the law was created before the emergence of the Internet and needs to be updated. The All-Party Internet Group (APIG), an organisation that attempts to...
[April 29, 2004, 14:35]
Email Bomber To Be Electronically Tagged
News A UK teenager pleaded guilty on Wednesday to breaking the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) by crashing the email server of his former employer. The defence argued that Lennon should receive a conditional discharge, given the confusion over whether the CMA...
[August 23, 2006, 12:40]
Home Office 'wrong' Over Criminalisation Of IT Pros
News The Home Office has been blasted by lawyers over its claims that changes to the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) will not affect legitimate users. Home Office minister Vernon Coaker claimed this week that amendments to the CMA will only criminalise those...
[July 19, 2006, 16:45]
Law May Be Updated To Cover DoS Attacks
News The government is considering amending the Computer Misuse Act (CMA), amid concern within the Internet industry that denial of service (DoS) attacks may not be covered by the law. The Home Office, in consultation with groups such as the police and...
[December 11, 2002, 16:52]
Is Sony BMG Spreading Malware?
Talkback Sure, update the CMA. How about updating the CMA so that companies can no longer hide their underfunded and poor security (partially subset of availability) company policies behind laws written by the technical clueless of real-life problems?
[November 9, 2005, 21:50]
Convergence: Another 50 Years For Comunications Managers!
Talkback Glenn Powell Chief Executive CMA This article on convergence and the CMA shows an excellent understanding of what is happening in the convergence of IT and telecoms, or communications as we now refer to it.
[July 28, 2007, 9:18]
Lord Battles Government Over Cybercrime Laws
News Lord Northesk is seeking to amend the Computer Misuse Act (CMA) 1990 to give the police and judiciary greater "legal clarity" when dealing with computer crime. The UK government is currently trying to update the CMA through amendments in the Police...
[June 20, 2006, 14:50]
Peer Loses Cybercrime Fight
News The Earl of Northesk's attempt to introduce amendments to the Computer Misuse Act 1990 (CMA) through the Police and Justice Bill 2006 did not pass committee stage discussions on Wednesday. After section 3 of the 1990 Act [CMA] there is inserted —
[July 14, 2006, 16:25]
Expert: CPS Hack Tool Guidance 'confused'
News The Computer Misuse Act (CMA) amendments criminalise the production, distribution and use of software for malicious attack. For almost all [CMA] offences the prosecution has to prove intent — they have to show you are a bad person," Clayton said on...
[January 3, 2008, 16:51]
Denial Of Service Attacks Are Legal 'grey Area'
Talkback But CMA is hard to deal with because when the term(CMA, DoS) is coined the fact of this forgery of word brings it into reality.Example virus spyware. I have received spam many times over the years and once from a so-called friend; you know DoS...
[November 23, 2005, 10:59]
UK Law Will Criminalise IT Pros, Say Experts
News The Police and Justice Bill will update the UK's existing Computer Misuse Act (CMA), bringing in new powers to address the rise of organised cybercriminals and offences such as denial-of-service attacks.
[May 19, 2006, 14:15]
MPs Ponder Whether 'benign' Hacking Should Be Legal
News APIG has recognised that the Computer Misuse Act (CMA), which came into law in 1990, needs to be updated to cover attacks upon the Internet and on other computer networks. The Home Office has said it is revising the CMA at present, and APIG wants...
[April 26, 2004, 17:25]
Teenager Cleared Of Email Attack Charge
News Sitting at Wimbledon Magistrates Court, District Judge Kenneth Grant ruled that the youth, who can't be named for legal reasons, had not broken the CMA, under which he was charged. The CMA, which was introduced in 1990, explicitly outlaws the...
[November 2, 2005, 15:35]
