[LINK] Parliament Not Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime
Tom Worthington
tom.worthington at tomw.net.au
Wed Jun 23 10:54:37 AEST 2010
The Australian Parliament released the less than impressive "Hackers,
Fraudsters and Botnets: Tackling the Problem of Cyber Crime" report this
week: <http://www.aph.gov.au/house/committee/coms/cybercrime/report.htm>.
The report does not take into account Internet and security functions
already in place in government. The report recommends assigning existing
functions to agencies which do not have experience while ignoring those
expertise and a role assigned by existing legislation.
The major recommendation of the report is to establish an "Office of
Online Security" in the Department of Prime Minster and Cabinet. It is
not clear how this role would differ from the Internet security related
bodies already formed, or why it should be in the Prime Minister's
department, rather than one of the agencies which has expertise in
Internet security.
The report also recommends the Australian Communications and Media
Authority detect malware compromised computers. It is not clear why ACMA
is recommended for this role, over agencies which have expertise in
Internet security. The report further recommends ACMA support emergency
response functions of government, although this function is already
assigned to the Department of Defence in the Telecommunications Act.
The 294 page report is available in PDF, as one 4204Kb file and as
separate chapters. A HTML version is "coming soon". For those who can't
wait, I have converted the recommendations into HTML by hand:
<http://blog.tomw.net.au/2010/06/tackling-problem-of-cyber-crime.html>.
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Tom Worthington FACS CP HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au
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