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Police

Soca completes IT overhaul

And e-crime department chalks up two big cases, says agency's annual report
14 May 2009

E-crime strategy is not much cop

The reporting processes for electronic crime are still too complex for consumers and businesses
16 Apr 2009

Busting cyber crime: who you gonna call?

Despite new funding, e-crime strategy remains mired in confusion
16 Apr 2009

Police major case system upgraded

Pieces of evidence can now be flagged as relevant to multiple cases on HOLMES2 application
08 Apr 2009

Police single sign-on system will finally arrive in 2010

Delayed identity and access management scheme will be in place next year after Siemens Enterprise Communications Group wins contract
07 Apr 2009

£650m ID cards contracts awarded to CSC and IBM

IBM will run biometrics database while CSC will deliver new passport and ID card application systems
07 Apr 2009

Tories on the attack over DNA database

Future Conservative government would scrap practice of retaining DNA from people who do not commit a crime
07 Apr 2009

Police mobile computer rollout ahead of schedule

More than 26,000 of 30,000 proposed devices deployed a year ahead of deadline
02 Apr 2009

Police national database gets go ahead in £75m contract

Logica wins deal to provide system for national intelligence sharing
01 Apr 2009

DNA database grows by 38 per cent in two years

Home Office reveals sharp rise in DNA profiles
30 Mar 2009

Police to take softly-softly approach to integration

Police IT systems will only be mandated as a last resort
26 Mar 2009

Data sharing plans face further scrutiny

Resistance to legal moves to ease data sharing across the public sector is increasing both inside and outside parliament, but the government is refusing to back down
26 Mar 2009

Foiling a thoroughly modern bank heist

Computing reveals the amazing inside story of the investigation into the £229m attempted fraud at Sumitomo Mitsui bank, and how the gang were caught by their own technology
19 Mar 2009

Met Police to use smartcard access system

London force plans to unify physical and digital security
16 Mar 2009

MPs praise Prison Service procurement system upgrade

£120m saved over five years
10 Mar 2009

Serious Fraud Office seeks IT chief

CIO will be responsible for using IT to help pursue master criminals
05 Mar 2009

Police improvement agency appoints IT chief

Former director of information systems at Kent Police lands systems delivery role
05 Mar 2009

Sumitomo Mitsui hacker chiefs found guilty

Hugh Rodley and David Nash found guilty at Snaresbrook Crown Court of involvement in UK's largest hacker theft plan
04 Mar 2009

Ballistics database to help tackle gun crime

All information collected by police forces will be entered to help track lines of supply
02 Mar 2009

Small businesses exposed by online crime

The average small business lost £800 due to e-crime last year, says FSB
20 Feb 2009

Police making slow progress on IT

Systems will not be integrated across forces until 2015, says report
17 Feb 2009

Met Police e-crime unit to forge new business links

IT leaders invited to consultation on best ways to tackle e-crime
09 Feb 2009

Soca issues £800m IT contract tender

IT services must also be available to other UK agencies
29 Jan 2009

E-crime victims shun the police

In cases of online crime and data theft, many firms and individuals are looking to private investigators to right digital wrongs -­ and the results can be impressive
15 Jan 2009