British Computer Society

Title:	British Computer Society
URL:	http://www.bcs.org/
Cat:	Computers/Computer_Science/
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Picture - Hands holding plant" /></div></div> Â </div><div class="cell cellThree"><div class="block multiContent contentcontainer" style=""><h2 class="blockTitle">About us</h2><div class="contentsummary"><div class="con conWebDoc"><div class="content"><div class="bodyText" style="">BCS is the leading professional body for those working in IT.Â We have over 65,000 members in more than 100 countriesÂ and are the qualifying body for Chartered IT Professionals (CITP).<br /><strong><a href="http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=nav.00100c">More about BCS</a></strong></div></div></div></div></div><div class="block multiContent contentcontainer" style=""><h2 class="blockTitle">Featured content</h2><div class="contentsummary"><div class="con conWebDoc"><div class="content"><div class="thumb thumbright"><a href="http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.20193"><img src="http://www.bcs.org/upload/img_70/card-numbers.jpg" width="70" height="70" alt="Compliance is not security" /></a></div><div class="docHead"><a href="http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.20193">Compliance is not security</a></div><div class="description">As we all learned back in school, it's quite possible to do the bare minimum and still get a passing grade. 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