A new professional body for information security professionals launched today (Monday 27 February) will help raise the standards of IT security across the UK, leading employers have said. The Institute for Information Security Professionals has won backing from major UK firms, which plan to use it as a benchmark for hiring IT security staff.

BT, BP, HBOS, Messagelabs, Barclays Bank, Standard Chartered Bank and government departments including the Cabinet Office and the Communications Electronic Security Group (CESG) are among the organisations supporting the new body. The institute will lay down minimum standards for IT security professionals, including defining a common body of knowledge, a career development programme, and a code of ethics.

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