iia issues draft esecurity code

Australia's Internet Industry Association Issues Draft eSecurity Code

Australia's Internet Industry Association (IIA) has published a draft of an eSecurity Code aimed at protecting citizens from online threats. The voluntary code of practice makes numerous suggestions, including having Internet service providers (ISPs) notify subscribers whose computers are infected with malware and in some cases, disconnect those computers from the network. Under the plan as drafted, ISPs would first notify the subscribers and offer them help cleaning the malware from their machines. Recommendations to cut off Internet access would be made only when customers have refused to take action against known problems or if their computers are being used to conduct malicious activity that consumes substantial resources.

Download the draft of the code here.