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------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: Owen Blacker <owen.blacker@wheel.co.uk> To: "UK Crypto list (E-mail)" <ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Copies to: "Anoraks YahooGroup (E-mail)" <anoraks@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Silicon.com: Geeks need a licence: Official Date sent: Thu, 10 May 2001 11:32:46 +0100 Send reply to: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> HEADLINE: Geeks need a licence: Official > PUBLISHED: 5:01pm on Wednesday 9th May 2001 > CHANNEL: Contractors > AUTHOR: Sally Watson > ARTICLE: http://www.silicon.com/a44296 > > TEXT OF STORY FOLLOWS: > > The information security industry has lost its battle to duck > out of a new security licensing scheme set up by Home > Secretary Jack Straw. > > Home Office minister Charles Clarke pushed the Private > Security Industry Bill through its final stages yesterday > afternoon, shortly after the breakup of Parliament was announced. > > Opposition MPs backed a last ditch attempt to exempt the IT > industry from the Bill's proposals to license all security > contractors, but in a packed chamber, Labour backbenchers > remained loyal -- rejecting the amendment 315 to 111. > > Despite the defeat, Clarke acknowledged the fears raised by > industry associations including the CBI, the CSSA and the > Foundation for Information Policy Research. > > "It is our fundamental principle to ensure the Bill is > targeted at those specialist providers of security services > who we have indicated we want to regulate, and that we do not > inadvertently catch groups that are not relevant to our > policy aims," Clarke told MPs. > > The Bill is primarily aimed at rogue wheelclampers and > nightclub bouncers, but according to Clarke the definition of > security consultant is deliberately broad. "We want it to > remain usable in the face of changing security systems," he said. > > Once the Bill becomes law the government has pledged to hold > a full consultation via the Department of Trade and Industry > before it could be applied to information security consultants. > > But the assurances are unlikely to satisfy the Bill's > opponents. A spokesman for the CBI promised to continue > lobbying to see the legislation corrected. > > "Consultation on secondary legislation creates more problems > than it solves," the CBI said in a statement. "It simply > obliges the DTI to carry out a consultation in which all > affected parties - the industry itself and users - are likely > to say that regulation is unnecessary. > > "Given that there has been no demand for regulation in the > first place, is this a worthwhile use of the DTI's and > industry's time and resources?" > > For related news, see: > Q. Who are the biggest election losers so far? A. Foxes and > security workers > http://www.silicon.com/a44302 > Have you got a licence for that geek? > http://www.silicon.com/a44191 > IT pros may need licences to work > http://www.silicon.com/a43615 > > > STORY ENDS > > For more information on silicon.com go to http://www.silicon.com. > > silicon.com - the who, what, when, where and why of ebusiness
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