15 March 2007

ISPA to give evidence on spam and security

The Internet Services Providers' Association (ISPA) is to advise the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee in its Personal Internet Security inquiry.

This inquiry is being conducted to investigate the risks that consumers and business users are facing when using the internet to conduct business and leisure transactions.

Politicians are concerned about whether regulation for the internet industry has kept pace with technology advances and are anxious to educate the public on internet safety.

ISPA members have made commitments to educate customers by providing advice and guidance on internet security issues, such as avoiding viruses, preventing their PCs from being hacked and limiting and reporting spam.

ISPA council members from Entanet, Brightview and AOL will be giving evidence to the committee today.

In addition, the ISPA is also drafting a series of best current practice documents (BCP) for member guidance. Each BCP represents what ISPA considers to be best practice at the time of publishing.

Chair of the ISPA council, Jessica Hendrie-Liano, said: "Tackling personal internet security must be a joint effort between the internet industry, the government and significantly end-users.

"It is important that the nature of the internet is understood and the success of the industry's hard work to date is acknowledged."

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