C:CURE-BS7799

[Richard Clayton]

In article <199807231131.HAA06207@camel8.mindspring.com>, John Young
<jya@pipeline.com> writes

>Are there online sources for the policy papers cited
>in these recent reports by "Telecomms Fraud Review"?
>
>1. "A new standard to facilitate electronic commerce has been 
>launched by Mrs Barbara Roche, UK Minister for Small
>Firms, Trade and Industry. C:CURE-BS7799: a code of 
>practice for information security management - is the new 
>scheme for accredited certification against the British
>Standard on information security. It aims to facilitate 
>electronic commerce by allaying fears about security, a
>major deterrent to business users, and is the latest in a 
>series of announcements by DTI following the
>Government's launch of 'Our Information Age'. 
>Contact: +44 (0) 171 215 6740 "

        http://www.dti.gov.uk/CII/ana27p.html

>2. "BS7799 received the support of the Data Protection Registrar.
>The Registrar has produced a consultation paper called 'Information
>Security - Compliance with the EU Data Protection Directive' which 
>is freely available from the office's Marketing & Communications 
>Department. Contact: +44 (0) 1625 545 700 "
>
>3. "APACS fully supports the aims of British Standard
>7799, Code of Practice for Information Security Management 
>and believes that it offers the best public statement of
>good practice in information security.
>Contact: +44 (0) 171 711 6200 Fax: +44 (0) 171 256 552"

sorry couldn't find these. Perhaps someone with time to hassle the
www.open.gov.uk search engine may do better :(

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