The Department of Culture, Media and Sport Committee at the
House of Commons has published its First Report of Session for
2016-17 (the "Report"). The Committee
was adjourned until 28 June, so the Second Report of Session should
be published shortly after it has reconvened.
For those not familiar with the Committee and its enquiry, the
current work was triggered by the TalkTalk attack in October 2015.
Investigating that attack and its aftermath falls within the remit
of the Committee, but it is also undertaking a wider review of
cyber-crime and the approach taken by the Government, the
Information Commissioner's Office and industry and business to
information security. The Report contains a number of proposals and
suggestions, some of which are not new or surprising, but others
are more controversial and would potentially be difficult to
implement. This article highlights a few of the more significant
proposals.
