Tough on e-crime, tough on the causes of e-crime. That seems to be the attitude of the country's major internet service providers (ISPs), who apparently have all got plans now to bundle security services in with their broadband packages. Talking to Eldar Tuvey, founder and chief of managed security services provider ScanSafe, he reckoned it would only be a matter of time before the big service providers started rolling out these value-added services, forced by customer pressure and an increasing need to differentiate themselves in what is a very competitive market.

Not that this is going to come for free, but get a bit of competition going on and in time it could be, I reckon. And corporates should be pleased to see this development taking place; even if they have a dedicated IT team to ensure the security of their systems, clean traffic is a nice-to-have. On the other side, if consumers are given the option to buy a security package from their broadband provider, the security of the net could be upped a notch or two; good for the prosperity of e-commerce and consumer confidence.