CCL (Crypto Carrying License)

[Aimee Farr]

> More cut-and-pasting from ukcrypto, Britain's last remaining form of
> parliamentary oversight. This week: the government's plans to require
> all security consultants to register with the authorities, and be
> strictly licensed afore passing on their forbidden, arcane wisdom. First
> the bad news: the bill in question, the PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY BILL,
> is already at its Commons' Second Reading, and is set to be law in two
> months (barring those pesky elections). Now, the good news: at the
> reading, HO minister Charles "RIP" Clarke said it's mainly aimed at
> security guards and bouncers, not IT security consultants. Now, the bad
> news: he added the word "currently" - and, "currently", the Home Office
> says it *does* apply to computer consultants, but they won't get around
> to enforcing that until 2005. Now the good news: the main restriction on
> the license is that you mustn't have a serious criminal record.

I've seen these snips today...

In the US private security consultants have numerous licenses, variable by
state. ("C & G" licenses - guns, dogs, exec protect, PIs, etc.) Aren't ya'll
just getting worked up over a misnomer? Not to say it won't happen, indeed,
some interests could make a powerful argument for tech security licenses,
the same rationale would definitely apply.

Background links:
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/psib/psbinfo.htm#psbds
Break it:
http://www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk/pa/cm200001/cmbills/067/en
/01067x--.htm


~Aimee