Let us compete globally, say threat intel outfits
A group of British infosec companies has written to UK prime minister Boris Johnson asking him to reform the Computer Misuse Act 1990, saying the act "has failed to keep pace with technological and market developments, inadvertently prohibiting a large component of contemporary threat intelligence research."
The companies, comprising NCC Group, Orpheus Cyber, Context Information Security and Nettitude, urged the winner of the Conservative Party's recent internal leadership contest to bring about "legislative reform to bring cyber crime legislation in step with other regimes".
Key among the companies' demands for reform is the introduction of "statutory defences that apply to accredited professionals who act ethically, in the public interest, to detect and prevent criminal activity."
The letter came after The Register
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