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So say 65% of security experts in the UK chapter of the ISSA

The UK’s information security provisions are woefully inadequate, according to 65% of members of the UK division of the Information Systems Security Association.

Not one of the 70 security experts polled in a recent survey lent their support to the statement “I believe the current UK level is adequate.”

The poll was triggered by the emergence of an online petition to the Prime Minister calling for the establishment of a specialised police force targeting electronic crime. The National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was rolled into the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in 2006.

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