BCC backs cyber crime operations centre plan
Thu, 02 Jul 2009
The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has backed the government's decision to establish a national internet security operations centre.
Based at GCHQ in Cheltenham, the Cyber Security Operations Centre (CSOC) will aim to bring experts from the public and private sectors together to form a strategy to combat online crime.
The centre will aim to establish existing threats, where they come from and what can be done to stop them.
Gareth Elliott, senior policy adviser at the BCC, said almost three-quarters of companies believed there should be a national body set up to deal with the issue of e-crime.
He added: "The establishment of a new CSOC is the right move.
"With more companies reporting computer-related fraud and data theft than ever before, the business community is pleased to see the government giving the issue some serious attention."
Last month, a coalition of computer experts urged search engine giant Google to improve the IT security protection on a number of its applications.
Some 38 computer scientists, law professors and security experts claimed that the likes of Gmail, Google Calendar and Google Docs need guarding from cyber-criminals.
They want Google to use standard encryption technology to protect users' data.
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