Denial of service attacks and other crimes will be
easier to prosecute in future, according to Charlotte
Walker-Osborn, organiser of the recent BCS ISSG legal day, where
she spoke about IT fraud.
Walker-Osborn also gave practical advice about policy, how to
avoid falling victim to attacks, and the state of the law, which
she said was deficient.
Julian Heathcote-Hobbins, senior legal counsel for the
Federation Against Software Theft, told delegates that the law is
expected to be updated soon, so that it will adequately address
software copyright and intellectual property issues, provide
adequate powers to enforce these laws and allow realistic damages
to be awarded if they are breached.
Andy Glover and Simon O'Neil of Ernst & Young gave a
briefing about legal and regulatory compliance requirements for
organisations and their auditors. They included corporate risk
management and annual reporting, and related these to legislation
such as the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Basel 2 and the revised version
of the Turnbull Regulations, which is due this year.
On the admissibility of evidence, Mark Rhys-Jones, a partner at
law firm Eversheds, described the differences between real and
hearsay evidence, the codes of practice that govern it, how a court
decides on the weight to assign to it, and rules for disclosure.
He also looked at the guidelines for evidence in a paperless
office.
Details of future events:
www.bcs.org/groups/issg