terrorism in news
RSS terrorism in newsGov't battles EU to use passenger data
News Now the EU plans to make all European states share this passenger name record (PNR) information in a move that could limit its use to terrorism and organised crime. A spokeswoman for the Home Office said in a statement: "The collection of passenger... [08 Aug 2008]
Gov't spends £18m on comms surveillance
News Grants for ISPs and telcos to store this information were made available both under section 106 of the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, and under Data Retention (EC Directive) Regulations 2007. [07 Aug 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The way we use and protect information affects our ability to deliver better public services, opportunities for the most disadvantaged, improved protection from crime and terrorism and sustained economic well being. [17 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News In a speech at the Homeland & Border Security Conference 2008 in London on Thursday, Admiral Lord West, parliamentary undersecretary of state for security and counter-terrorism, said that terrorists were increasingly harnessing technology to try... [04 Jul 2008]
Cyber crime: The global battle
News The majority of work carried out by the computer intrusion team are criminal intrusions on computers such as hacking and distributed denial of service attacks but it also deals with intrusions relating to counter terrorism and espionage. [05 Jun 2008]
Critics attack gov't email, phone database plan
News We are at the very early stages of deciding how to update the law to allow public authorities to continue to obtain and have access to communications data essential for counter-terrorism and investigation of crime purposes. [20 May 2008]
Nato allies form cyber defence command
News We need to be ahead of the bad guys, the threat can come from many sources, cyber crime, cyber terrorism or state activity. The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber defence among Nato allies after its formation was... [08 Apr 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News He said: "I can confirm that, to meet future security needs, we have set aside funds to modernise our interception capability; that, at GCHQ and in the Secret Intelligence Service, we are developing new technical capabilities to root out terrorism... [20 Mar 2008]
Nato: Cyber terrorism 'as dangerous as missile attack'
News Nato's cyber defence chief has warned that computer-based terrorism poses the same threat to national security as a missile attack. Anil said the cyber attacks on Estonia last year which brought down key financial and state systems had demonstrated... [07 Mar 2008]
Tories: Time to wage war on cyber crime
News But the national approach to this growing threat of cyber crime and cyber terrorism lacks co-ordination, focus or urgency. Describing the government policy towards e-crime as showing a "lack of clear leadership", shadow home secretary David Davis... [06 Mar 2008]
Government reveals snooping figures
News In the report, which covers the period from 11 April 2006 to 31 December 2006, the interception of communications commissioner, Sir Paul Kennedy, said "this highly intrusive investigative tool" has "contributed to a number of striking successes... [30 Jan 2008]
Command tech to save firefighters' lives
News CSS was developed by VectorCommand for London Fire Brigade in response to its demand for a cutting-edge major incident system in the wake of events such as major floods and the threat of global terrorism. [04 Jan 2008]
ID cards not about to be scrapped, says gov't
News The Sunday Mirror also reported that the prime minister plans to scrap the scheme altogether, due to cost and the advice that ID cards will be ineffectual against threats such as terrorism. The ID cards scheme will not be scrapped, despite rumours... [06 Nov 2007]
What's keeping IT chiefs awake at night?
News According to the report, the three main concerns of IT managers are damage to IT infrastructure from natural disasters (69 per cent), virus attacks (57 per cent) and war and terrorism (31 per cent). Alongside the usual worries about damage caused... [18 Oct 2007]
Counterterrorism gets $200m tech backing from EU
News The funding was granted in response to a call from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme, a research programme that seeks to develop technologies and knowledge to mitigate threats including terrorism, organised crime and natural disasters. [13 Sep 2007]
