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Lords Leap Into Security Inquiry
News The Lords' Science and Technology Committee will look at the nature of security threats facing private individuals, the scale of the problem, and how well the public understands the nature of those threats, it said on Friday.
[July 31, 2006, 12:15]
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. The Science and Technology Committee on Tuesday...
[July 8, 2008, 11:59]
Lords Chides Government Over Internet Security
News A wide-ranging inquiry into personal internet security conducted by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has "highlighted the threat to the future of the internet posed by e-crime". The Science and Technology Committee criticised the...
[August 10, 2007, 0:01]
Government Admits ID Card Project Won't Be Fully Tested
News The comments were made in the government's official response last Friday to a report by the House of Commons Science and Technology committee, entitled "Identity Card Technologies: Scientific Advice, Risk and Evidence".
[October 23, 2006, 13:40]
Why The Lords Is Investigating Security
News The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has a reputation of investigating issues in depth. Its Science and Technology Committee has launched an inquiry into the personal Internet security of home computer users.
[August 1, 2006, 16:45]
OFT Can't Cope With Internet Scams
News We have a lack of skilled and competent investigators in the area to make a dent in email and internet scams," Haley told the Lords Science & Technology Committee, which is investigating internet security in the UK.
[January 25, 2007, 11:32]
Symantec, RSA Call For Unified Data-breach Law
News Similar calls were made in the UK by the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee last year. In September last year Lord Harris of Haringey said: "I support the recommendation the [Lords Science and Technology] Committee made that there...
[April 9, 2008, 10:59]
Lords Lashes Out At Government's Personal Internet Security Retort
Blog A prominent Lord has hit out at the government's reaction to a House of Lords Science and Technology Committee report into personal internet security. Lord Erroll, who sits on the Lords Committee, said:
[October 30, 2007, 12:50]
Lords Inquiry Looks Again At Internet Security
News The House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has announced a follow-up inquiry to its Personal Internet Security report. The government rejected many of the committee's recommendations. The committee has written to those who gave oral...
[February 21, 2008, 8:36]
ID Card Scrutiny Under Threat
News Brian Iddon, MP for Bolton South East and a member of the House of Commons Science and Technology select committee, said on Thursday that proper oversight of scientific and technological issues could be threatened by the abolition of both the...
[July 12, 2007, 16:01]
Creating A Rural Renaissance
White Papers The Beijing Municipal Science and Technology Commission (BMSTC) have teamed up with Intel and other vendors to form the "Changfeng PC Promotion Committee" to address this issue. Despite the recent years of modernization and urbanization, large...
[May 26, 2006, 0:00]
Lords: Government Doesn't Get Internet Threat
News The UK government has failed to understand the threat to the continued growth of the internet posed by cybercrime, according to the influential House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. Lord Erroll, a member of the committee, hit out at the...
[October 31, 2007, 14:20]
Lords Calls For Urgent Action On Internet Security
News If public confidence in the security of the internet is undermined or, if the internet itself is compromised, the ramifications would be wide-ranging and severe, according to the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee.
[August 10, 2007, 17:43]
Academics Demand Inquiry Into NHS IT
News In an open letter sent to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health on Tuesday, 23 academics highlighted their concerns over the changes proposed by the Government in the £6.2bn National Programme for IT (NpfIT).
[April 11, 2006, 13:25]
BETT On A Busy Week For Tech
News And on Wednesday, the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee will be continuing its investigation into personal internet security. The Home Office will also be appearing before the committee, which is keen to investigate whether UK...
[January 8, 2007, 13:13]
EU To Launch Scam Crackdown
News We have a lack of skilled and competent investigators in the area to make a dent in email and internet scams," Haley told the Lords Science & Technology Committee, which is currently investigating internet security in the UK.
[February 26, 2007, 15:06]
Grid Computing 'vital To Europe's Future'
News NGS started operating in September last year with four nodes funded by the Joint Information Systems Committee, the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and the Council for the Central Laboratory for the Research Councils.
[June 1, 2005, 12:55]
US Congress Readies 'super-DMCA'
News A spokesman for the House Judiciary Committee said on Friday that the Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006 is expected to "be introduced in the near future". James Sensenbrenner, chairman of the full House Judiciary Committee, will be...
[April 25, 2006, 15:20]
E-voting 'risks Fraud'
News Another researcher on the 10-member review committee said that the report's authors seem to be in the minority for not supporting at least the experimental stage of Internet voting. The experts -- three computer science professors and a former IBM...
[January 22, 2004, 7:15]
Nokia: Science Skills Gap Is Europe-wide
News The UK, however, has seen growing opposition to the idea, with Baroness Warwick of Undercliffe — chief executive of the Universities UK action group — telling a House of Lords committee earlier this month that "although politically driven schemes...
[March 12, 2007, 12:17]
