Whereas the elements required to facilitate confidence in ecommerce are obvious enough - deterrence and capture, reporting and resolution, communication and awareness, operating standards and training, e-tuned legislation and taxation - it is far...
He added: "Most of our critical infrastructures are controlled by computer systems - we live in a cyber world. While Clyde admitted there are not many known threats from cyber-terrorism he said this situation could quickly change.
However, IT security firm Symantec attributes the high-instances of cyber attacks in this sector to attacks against non-profit activist groups - as diverse as animal rights organisations to lobby groups and software communities.
There's been a lot of hype about cyber-terrorism and, in a sense, it's been dismissed as a threat but we have to look at how society has changed. Martin also added BP is more likely to be affected by cyber-crime, still a far more likely threat...
The government has failed to understand the threat to the continued growth of the internet posed by cyber crime, according to the influential House of Lords Science and Technology Committee. The government rejected this, saying there is no clear...
That of course is related to the nature of the cyber threat, the volume and the intensity is relatively new to us and everybody else. We think that this is one area where a lot can be done, individual users could do more to educate themselves on...