New UK virus alert service
p2pnet.net News:- The British government is funding a web site giving advice to “computer users and micro businesses “ on data protection and virus issues.
The IT Security Awareness for Everyone website is free, but you have to sign up to get it.
Funded by the home office, the new site uses information from the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC), the government’s centre for electronic defence, and , “aims to reassure users by advising them on how best to protect their personal and business data,” says home office minister Hazel Blears.
UK government statistics show more than half of all British households own a home computer and in 2004, it was estimated that almost 13 million of these were able to access the net.
Alerts will consist of an email or text outlining specific threats and what damage they can do and, “Users will then be directed to clear, step-by-step advice on how to respond and therefore maximise the security of their computers, software and personal or business data," says ITsafe.
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aims to reassure – IT Security Awareness For Everyone, ITsafe, February 23, 2005
