The ISAF Web site is online

By Alan Harten

The Information Security Awareness Forum (ISAF), the cross-industry initiative founded by the ISSA-UK to raise awareness of information security, has formally opened its Web site.

Located at www.theisaf.org, the site seeks to act as a resource that will over time develop in to a focal point for IT security education, news and other relevant information from the Forum.

Launched in February of this year, the ISAF is backed by a number of key organisations, including the ISSA, ISACA, GetSafeOnline, (ISC)², ASIS International, the British Computer Society, Infosecurity Europe and the Institute of Information Security Professionals.

Announcing the opening of the site, the ISAF’s chairperson, Dr David King, said that it will help members, as well as the industry generally, pool their expertise and help co-ordinate the Forum’s development.

“The Information Security Awareness Forum has been formed to coordinate and build on existing work and initiatives, to improve their overall effectiveness, and ultimately to increase the level of security awareness that will help us all” he said.

Martin Smith MBE, BSc, FSyI, the chairman and founder of the Security Awareness Special Interest Group, supported the opening of the new site, saying that his group strongly recommends the use of the new Forum pages as a first port of call.

“It serves equally well those individuals seeking security awareness knowledge for themselves and their families, and managers of businesses of all sizes and all sectors looking for advice and guidance about how to protect their data from accidental or deliberate disclosure,” he said.

Several other leading organisations have voiced their support for the opening of the new ISAF Web site, including the BCS, the Jericho Forum and the NCC:

“The National e-Crime Prevention Centre welcomes all efforts to protect the UK from electronic crime and the ISAF Web site is an additional and useful site for advice and guidance. Encouraging people and businesses to take action on the available advice is key to reducing the harm to individuals and the economy.”

Ken Rabey, Project Director, National e-Crime Prevention Centre