The Lords House of Science and Technology Committee is
to grill Microsoft over internet
security tomorrow.
The Lords committee has already questioned credit card giant
Visa and banking
clearing association Apacs, along with others in the financial
services industry, concerning the perceived shortcomings of
internet security.
Tomorrow it will be Microsoft’s turn to give evidence to the
Lords, who are expected to question the company over security in
its new Windows Vista operating system and the Internet Explorer 7
browser.
A Lords spokesman said the firm is also likely to be questioned
about steps the software giant has taken to protect its customers
online, as well as how the technology industry can do more to
safeguard the public from internet based criminals.
Jerry Fishenden, Microsoft national technology officer, and Matt
Lambert, the firm’s government affairs director, will give
evidence.
The two Microsoft representatives will also be pressed on
Microsoft’s record of co-operating with competitors to ensure
internet users are protected, said the spokesman.
Also giving evidence are Adam Laurie and Alan Cox, professionals
in the data protection industry and experts on open source
software.
The evidence session will take place at 3.40pm on Wednesday 17
January and will be broadcast live on
www.parliamentlive.tv.
APACS and Visa grilled over online crime
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