[Ecommerce] FTC two-day workshop on security of consumers' computer and pers. info stored in them

[Manon Ress]

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/05/cisma.htm

The Federal Trade Commission will host a two-day public workshop to
explore issues related to the security of consumers' computers and the
personal information stored in them or in company
databases. Topics for the session will include:

The current state of consumer information security; 
Steps consumers can take to secure their information and what businesses
are doing to educate
consumers about these steps; 
Existing business models that help consumers maintain security; 
Steps that businesses that maintain consumer information can take to
improve their own
security; 
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
security review; 
Emerging standards for business security; and 
Approaches that bear promise for improving security in the long term. 

Monday, May 20, 2002 - 9:00 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
Tuesday, May 21, 2002 - 9:00 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.
-- 
Manon Anne Ress
Essential Information
www.essential.org
PO Box 19405, Washington, DC 20036
mress@essential.org, voice: 1.202.387.8030, fax: 1.202.234.5176