crime
RSS crimeAn Analysis of Data Mining Applications in Crime Domain
White Paper This paper gives comprehensive surveys of efficient and effective methods/techniques on data mining for crime data analysis. The paper also raises some problems of applied data mining in crime control... [29 Aug 2009]
It's Not What You Know, It's Who You Know. Not All Security Vendors Are Created Equal
White Paper Driven by the rising tide of organized cyber-crime and the increased sophistication of hackers, targeted attacks are increasingly aimed at stealing the confidential information. For every business, the ability to... [29 Aug 2009]
E-crime victims confused on where to go for help
News E-crime victims in the UK are confused as to where they should report such crimes. According to a report by the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo), the UK lacks a central reporting point for online... [28 Aug 2009]
Crime in Focus
White Paper Crime mapping has become part of an official UK Government 'pledge'. This should provide the public, press and politicians with important insights into the crime profile of their neighbourhood.... [25 Aug 2009]
Harnessing the Power of Location Intelligence in the Public Sector
White Paper Demand for decreased crime rates is focusing minds in law enforcement. Throughout the world, public services today are under pressure. The current economic climate, where tax receipts are naturally suppressed, provides... [25 Aug 2009]
Crime In Focus : A paper examining pitfalls in public crime mapping
White Paper In July 2008, UK Home Secretary Jacqui Smith pledged that interactive maps, which allow every neighbourhood in England and Wales to access local crime information, were to be put in place by every police force in the... [20 Aug 2009]
Preparing for Natural Disaster: What Public Safety Leaders Are Saying Today? and How Available Communication Technologies Can Address Their Concerns
White Paper In a recent survey of public safety leaders, concern about readiness for natural disaster ranked above other worries such as crime and terrorism. The odds are simply too high that disaster will strike within jurisdiction. [15 Aug 2009]
Video Changes the Future of Policing
White Paper Before an event, highly visible video cameras act as a deterrent to crime. Public safety organizations continuously look for new tools to help them better serve and protect the citizens of the community as well as to... [15 Aug 2009]
100 dodgy football ticket sellers shut down by cybercops
News The government's newly-created Police Central e-crime Unit has announced a new assault on dodgy online ticket sellers. The unit announced on Friday that it had shut down over 100 websites suspected of selling "fraudulent... [10 Aug 2009]
Photos: Windows 7 - How it will look on your desktop, part 2
Photo The new version of Windows Media Player that ships with Windows 7 is such a drastic improvement, it's almost a crime to associate it with its predecessors. With Windows 7 now released to manufacture, silicon.com's sister... [10 Aug 2009]
Cheat Sheet: The Police Central e-crime Unit
Cheat Sheet The PCeU works with the 43 police forces in England and Wales to support them in tackling online crime, including helping to set up regional cybercrime units that will provide expertise and tools for local investigations. [20 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Open info for all?
Comment And I'm not talking expense claims and petty crime here but things like national infrastructure and sensitive data. Compiled on TG409 flying Bangkok to Singapore and dispatched to silicon.com via a hotel wi-fi connection... [20 Jul 2009]
Bill Gates: 'We're going to make the cows that don't fart'
Comment But I always had in the back of my mind that it was kind of a crime that there wasn't broad availability of those things, particularly for young people thinking about science. It's been a year since Bill Gates left... [16 Jul 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News In response to a written parliamentary question this week, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said from April 2006 until March 2009 the e-crime unit of the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) was involved in... [15 Jul 2009]
The Internet: Where Did IT All Go Wrong?
White Paper It's hard to imagine life today without all of problems that the Internet has introduced: phishing attacks, cyber-bullying, data theft on a scale never before imagined, spam, distributed denial-of-service attacks, ransomware, spyware,... [14 Jul 2009]
