What does IAAC stand for?

Today's report by the Information Assurance Advisory Council, a private sector group of technology experts, suggests that the creation of a "national identity infrastructure" is inevitable as the need for each person to have a "trustworthy" electronic identity increases.

Announcing an inquiry by Sir Edmund Burton, chairman of the Information Assurance Advisory Council, into weaknesses in the MoD's information security procedures, Browne told the Commons: "It is not clear to me why recruiting officers routinely carry with them information on such a large number of people or, indeed, why the database retains this information at all.

Previously he was CEO of the Information Assurance Advisory Council (IAAC), Director of Information Society Policy Research at RAND Europe and a scientific officer within the European Commission, DG Information Society (ECDGIS).

Andrew Rathmell, Chairman, Information Assurance Advisory Council, United Kingdom; Howard Schmidt, Chief Security Officer, Microsoft and Chairman, Information Technology Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC); Dan Schutzer, Vice President, Advanced Technology Development Group, CITICORP; and Ken Watson, Manager, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group - Cisco Systems, and President and Chairman, Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security.

Andrew Rathmell, Chairman, Information Assurance Advisory Council, United Kingdom; Howard Schmidt, Chief Security Officer, Microsoft and Chairman, Information Technology Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC); Dan Schutzer, Vice President, Advanced Technology Development Group, CITICORP; and Ken Watson, Manager, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Group - Cisco Systems, and President and Chairman, Partnership for Critical Infrastructure Security.