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"The code that we've just launched builds on a scheme that has been running now for three or four years ... and recognises the strong self-interest that ISPs have in following its recommendations.

"The ink is hardly dry on this document, so we think it's only fair that it's given a chance to do its work."

He also warned the Government against dictating the terms of a contract to force users to install antivirus software.

"As much as we would encourage everyone to have up-to-date antivirus and anti-spyware software installed, we have to recognise there is some consumer sovereignty here," he said.

"It would open up the whole question of standards. What would be considered an adequate antivirus product? Who would make that decision? Would that be something the Government would make? Is it appropriate for the Government to take that role?"

'More vigilance'

Releasing the committee report at Parliament House today, committee member and Nationals MP Kay Hull said ISPs had to take more responsibility for cybersecurity.

"It is very telling to note that there are few obligations on ISPs, few obligations on retailers and few obligations on consumers themselves," she said.

"ISPs need to be more vigilant with consumers when they are taking out their accounts."

But network engineer Mark Newton, who has worked in the industry for 20 years, says it would be hard to find people who have invested more time and energy into stopping malware than ISPs.

"When you think about the business model of an ISP, ISPs have vested self-interest in making those bad things go away," he said.

"A customer who is participating in a denial of service attack has a fairly significant impact on that ISP's infrastructure and cost base."

He says the internet industry has been dealing with threats for several decades and has been able to stay on top of the problem.

"There's a lot of hype about how things are getting worse, but I don't really see that," he said.

"Things get different from time to time because criminals react to countermeasures by changing their approach, but that just means we need to deploy more countermeasures to deal with the changing threat."

Mr Newton says the problem with a mandatory code is that it will not be flexible enough to stay up-to-date, as criminals invent new ways to compromise networks.

Source: abc.net.au

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