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Data moving to the cloud? Cybercrime will follow
News Also on the cybercrime panel was San Jose police sergeant Edward Schroder, who talked about how he spends his time investigating fraud related to sites like eBay and Craigslist, Nigerian or lottery scams, and money mule... [13 Jul 2009]
Home Office CIO on taming tech and why ID cards are good news
Comment The Home Office's role in safeguarding national security means Vernon has oversight of the most high profile and controversial IT projects in the UK, ranging from organising IT security at the London 2012 Olympic Games to the Impact... [10 Jul 2009]
Heat wave? No sweat for CIOs
News Steve Gediking, head of IT, Independent Police Complaints Commission The latest silicon.com CIO Jury poll asked tech chiefs whether they'd taken any extra steps to protect their technology infrastructure during this... [03 Jul 2009]
Apple bonanza, crime breathalysers and broadband tax
News Meanwhile, the Association of Chief Police Officers revealed that its e-crime group was in discussions to deploy PC crime 'breathalysers' which can detect evidence of illegal activity on PCs. June was a month full of... [02 Jul 2009]
ID cards: 'A project nobody wants and the nation can't afford'
News The Liberal Democrat shadow home secretary, Chris Huhne, said that the "expensive and intrusive plans should be ditched now" with the money being spent on something that could actually fight crime and terrorism such as more... [01 Jul 2009]
Naked CIO: Should you monitor staff?
Comment Simply put: do you block content and police the environment? Who polices the police? Keeping watch over employees' online activities can be a slippery slope, says Naked CIO. Here's the right way to do it. [29 Jun 2009]
Britain to get official cyber attack dogs
News Robert Hannigan, the prime minister's security adviser, said the OCS would be about "drawing together what people are already doing in the Ministry of Defence, the intelligence services and the police". [25 Jun 2009]
Acpo: Police should go open source
News Police data systems should be based on open-source software, according to a senior member of the Association of Chief Police Officers. Currently police forces use a patchwork of... [24 Jun 2009]
Web snooping plans unworkable, say critics
News If we do not make changes now to maintain existing capabilities and look ahead to the future, the police, security and intelligence agencies will no longer be able to use this data to fight crime. A government plan to... [18 Jun 2009]
Critics slam Digital Britain over file-sharers and tax plans
News He added that the report keeps up the pressure on ISPs to police their users, which then places them in a "bad light" with their customers. There is an opportunity here for the ISP to not be the police... [18 Jun 2009]
Ministry of Justice slashes IT bill by £110m
News It adds that the Libra court IT system - which exceeded its initial budget by £300m - is now in place at all magistrates courts, improving the exchange of information between the courts and "criminal justice partners" such as the... [16 Jun 2009]
Badges of honour for Twitter's big boys
News There have also been embarrassing situations involving a fake Dalai Lama account and a prankster who impersonated the Austin, Texas police department. They're here - sort of. Twitter has launched the early beta phase of... [15 Jun 2009]
Police mobiles cautioned for bad behaviour
News Despite a £75m government plan to roll out 25,000 mobile devices to police forces nationwide by 2010, the majority of forces remain unable to take full advantage of mobile tech. According to Jan Berry, the Home... [12 Jun 2009]
Nuclear authority picks CSC for £31m deals
News CSC has landed six new deals worth £31m with the Civil Nuclear Police Authority (CNPA) and five UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) companies. The contracts will see the outsourcer provide the six organisations with a... [12 Jun 2009]
Austin Police Department Relies on AMD Technology and Corporate Support to Solve High Tech Crimes
White Paper The High Tech Crime Unit of the Austin, Texas Police Department (APD) resides in a nondescript office building several miles north of downtown. It needed is providing assistance in crime investigations that require a... [12 Jun 2009]
