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Source: ZDNet.co.uk - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
Security An organisation is being set up to ensure that IT security officers are competent, but it won't have the power to stop people working if they make mistakes IT security officers are to get their own professional body in the UK with the launch of the Institute of Information Security Professionals (IISP) next month. The IISP, which was given the go-ahead by the Department for Trade and Industry at the end of last year, is due to officially launch in February.

Nick Coleman, the interim chief executive of the Institute, who is also IBM's head of security, told ZDNet UK that the goal of the institute is to "professionalise the industry" and ensure IT security officers reach a certain standard.

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