Nominet Best Practice Challenge Awards 2009
Last night I had the pleasure of attending the Nominet Best Practice Challenge Awards 2009 at Banqueting House in Whitehall, London.
In the Best Security Initiative Award, OWASP Board member Dinis Cruz, OWASP London chapter leader Justin Clarke and I were representing The Open Web Application Security Project. Our entry for the 2009 Best Practice Challenge had been shortlisted in June.
The judges were impressed by [OWASP's] ambitious work and conference programmes and the way [OWASP] has developed and widened its reach
It was interesting to see the innovative work being undertaken across the UK in security, access, diversity and openness. The Yorkshire Business Crime Reduction Centre (BCRC) won the Best Security Initiative Award. The BCRC is supported by South Yorkshire Police and the Regional Development Agency, and undertakes e-commerce and physical security assessments for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the area. Their recent E-Crime Guide is a very useful introduction to the issues.
It is good to see an increasing awareness of online and e-commerce security, and this looks likely to continue with the recent announcement by the Prime Minister of new initiatives to secure the UK from cyber threats, following publication of the Digital Britain report last month.
Posted on: 03 July 2009 at 11:16 hrs
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