Sir – the US government is to be applauded for its desire of wanting to force software suppliers into fixing their dodgy Codes, which has been a recurring theme in SMT’s IT security-related articles of late.
Perhaps those officials Stateside could also pass legislation to eradicate global disease and poverty while they are about it?
If Government attempts to tackle spam, viruses and spyware at the Internet Services Provider (ISP) level have failed, it is naïve in the extreme to presume that the software behemoths will simply sit back and watch as the US legal machine grinds into action. This type of move is likely to prompt one of the most intense and protracted lobbying campaigns of recent history.
Until such a giddy nirvana is reached, end users of IT systems will have to continue to take responsibility for their own networks by investing in their own security solutions – as unfair as that may seem to them.
John Tomlinson, Managing Director (EMEA) St Bernard Software (UK)
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SMT
