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This page provides details of progress on implementing the
Commitments in UK Online Annual Report 2001
Progress reports 9.1 to 9.15: Continue working
with industry to help people trust the Internet
| No |
Recommendation |
Status |
| 9.1 |
Undertake
a publicity campaign on safe Internet shopping, working
with the private sector, in the run-up to Christmas, to
encourage consumers to shop online by explaining how they
can do so safely. |
On
track |
| 9.2 |
Raise
awareness of the national consumer complaints and enquiries
website launched by Midcots Trading Standards services
in October this year. |
On
track |
| 9.3 |
Work
with the EU to develop the European Extra-Judicial Network
(EEJ-Net), following the launch of its pilot phase in
October. |
On
track |
| 9.4 |
Launch
public consultations on these frameworks early in 2002,
setting out the barriers to wider use of trust services
amongst businesses and citizens, and explaining the action
the Government will take to overcome these barriers. |
Behind
Schedule |
| 9.5 |
Review
the many applications of smart cards and other smart tokens
within the UK, developing policy to maximise the benefit
from these schemes and ensuring that they can be used
to simplify authentication mechanisms, making secure electronic
transactions available to all who want to use them. |
Behind
Schedule |
| 9.6 |
Continue
the Outreach Programme, run by the National Infrastructure
Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC) with owners of systems
supporting critical services in the private sector, and
in Government, and to expand the programme as resources
permit. |
On
track |
| 9.7 |
Continue
to promote international co-operation on these issues,
particularly by using Computer Emergency Response Teams
(CERTs), plus other appropriate organisations. |
On
track |
| 9.8 |
Continually
assess the threat, provide information on it, and issue
alerts and warnings to its Critical National Infrastructure
(CNI) clients. NISCC
will post significant items on its website (www.niscc.gov.uk),
or otherwise draw attention to them for a more general
audience. NISCC will also consider whether developing
any new fora could assist with these tasks. |
On
track |
| 9.9 |
Continue
to raise awareness, amongst UK companies, of the need
for information security and continue to promote information
security best practice through BS ISO/IEC 17799. |
On
track |
| 9.10 |
Continue
to promote information security through international
fora. |
On
track |
| 9.11 |
Deliver
a public awareness campaign on Internet safety relating
to chat room use from December 2001. |
Completed |
| 9.12 |
Publish
a National Hi-Tech Crime Strategy by summer 2002. |
Behind
Schedule |
| 9.13 |
Consult
publicly on specific measures for tackling ‘grooming’. |
On
track |
| 9.14 |
Work
with industry to promote the TrustUK hallmark for e-commerce
websites. |
On
track |
| 9.15 |
Promote
tScheme. |
On
track |
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