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Police

Proposed Dutch laws grant police hacking powers – in the Netherlands and abroad

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Dutch police seek the power to tap Gmail, Skype and WhatsApp communications in the interests of cyber security
03 May 2013

H4cked Off: Why austerity shouldn't apply to cyber security

William Hague speaking at the London Conference on Cyberspace (Photo - Foreign and Commonwealth Office)
Stuart Sumner explains why failing to properly invest in cyber security isn't an economy, it's a gamble
25 Apr 2013

Government announces Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership to stamp out online crime

Cyber crime key on keyboard
Yet another initiative conjured up by government to tackle rise in cyber threats
15 Mar 2013

Met Police’s 30,000 smartphones could end up as 'costly paperweights'

Expert warns that most mobile devices are not suitable for filling in crime reports
06 Mar 2013

Met Police need to stop buying the 'shiniest new technology' to cut costs

London Assembly questions expert panel on Met's strategy to save millions on IT
05 Mar 2013

Police prevented from chasing cyber criminals from outside Europe

Evidence standards set by Human Rights Act and uncooperative authorities prevent police from chasing cyber criminals in China and elsewhere
05 Mar 2013

Metropolitan Police IT strategy under investigation

London Assembly to question how Met can find £102m in savings between 2014 and 2016
27 Feb 2013

PSN to connect up to 52 service providers in Yorkshire and Humberside

Virgin Media Business signed up to deliver major public services network
30 Jan 2013

A force to be reckoned: an interview with the Met's Ailsa Beaton

Ailsa Beaton has been CIO at the Metropolitan Police for 12 years. She tells Computing how the organisation's information systems have changed in that time - and how they may change in the future
13 Dec 2012

Metropolitan Police CIO Ailsa Beaton to leave next year

Director of information Beaton to leave in mid-2013 after 12 years at Met Police
23 Nov 2012

Now you see me... Meet Mr Pixelhead


16 Oct 2012

Police force fined £120,000 for data breach

ICO fines Greater Manchester Police after investigation prompted by stolen memory stick
16 Oct 2012

Wikileaks supporter hacks police website, publishes data

Login details of Hertfordshire Police officers published online
31 Aug 2012

Deploying advanced cyber-security intelligence


28 Aug 2012

Analysis: Police forces investigate new ICT strategies

Cash-strapped police forces across England and Wales are turning to outsourcing and shared services in an effort to both cut IT costs and increase efficiency
21 Aug 2012

The Home Office creates private Police ICT Company

Company to take over from doomed NPIA which left the police IT set-up "broken"
17 Jul 2012

Financial Darwinism


12 Jul 2012

Fear of online crime inhibits online commerce - EU survey

But only half of Europe's internet users have anti-virus software
10 Jul 2012

Boom in cyber attacks on critical infrastructure reported in the US

ICS-CERT blames insecure remote access platform for water sector attacks
03 Jul 2012

NPIA hails success of national police database

National Policing Improvement Agency says data sharing has led to speedier arrests
22 Jun 2012

Analysis: Counting the cost of a DDoS attack

Sooraj Shah examines the various ways distributed denial of service attacks can damage those at the receiving end
05 Jun 2012

Criminally old-fashioned


01 Jun 2012

Caught on camera


01 Jun 2012

Government launches Open Data Institute (updated)

Huge opportunity to drive innovation via open data – but does the government truly understand the distinctions between 'open' and private?
22 May 2012