Lords Presses Government For Data-breach Law
News Lord Broers, chair of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, told ZDNet.co.uk on Tuesday that organisations should be required by law to notify parties affected by a data breach. It's completely unacceptable that there's no data...
[July 8, 2008, 11:59]
Lords Leap Into Security Inquiry
News We are doing more and more online, from our weekly grocery shop to banking to downloading music and video and, increasingly, using the Internet to make telephone calls," said Lord Broers, the chairman of the Science and Technology Committee.
[July 31, 2006, 12:15]
Lords Calls For Urgent Action On Internet Security
News In fact, the reliance on individuals to police their own security risks [is] turning the internet into a semi-lawless 'Wild West'," said Lord Broers, adding that government reliance on education and information to deal with the situation is a "cop...
[August 10, 2007, 17:43]
Lords Probes Online Security Risks
News The investigation is headed by the committee chairman, Lord Broers, and claims to be the first in-depth parliamentary study of the issue. Technology is changing so fast that no-one seems to have had time to step back and look in the round at the...
[December 14, 2006, 16:29]
Why The Lords Is Investigating Security
News Lord Broers, chairman of the committee, Vodafone board member, and president of the Royal Academy of Engineering, spoke with ZDNet UK to explain the thinking behind the inquiry. The broadband boom and the explosion in personal computing has left...
[August 1, 2006, 16:45]
Schneier Questions Need For Security Industry
News His words echoed those of Lord Broers, chair of the House of Lords science and technology committee, who suggested every company, from operating system and application vendors to ISPs, needs to take greater responsibility for the security of end...
[April 26, 2007, 11:48]
Preview: Infosecurity Europe 2007
News In the opening keynote, Lord Broers will discuss the results of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee's fact-finding inquiry into internet security. IT security professionals, policemen and politicians will all be flocking to the...
[April 23, 2007, 16:29]
