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Video: Does the UK need a police e-crime unit?

Video Speaking at the Infosec 2008 security show in London, security experts gave silicon.com their thoughts on whether the UK needs a central police e-crime unit and how the country could benefit.silicon.com's e-crime Crackdown campaign has been...

Tags: expert, industry, infosec, security

[14 May 2008]

Gov't pledges to take e-crime seriously

News The government has pledged to meet with law enforcers to forge new policies on tackling cyber crime.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. McMurdie recently added her voice to those supporting...

Tags: e-crime, e-crime crackdown, cyber crime, crime

[26 Mar 2008]

Businesses may be forced to pay for <strong>e</strong>-<strong>crime</strong> police

Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police

News But the private sector has hit back saying the core funding for a dedicated police unit to combat e-crime must come from the government.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK e-crime police unit.

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime, dedicated, campaign

[17 Mar 2008]

e-Crime Crackdown - silicon.com launches national campaign

News silicon.com is today launching its e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a properly funded and dedicated national UK police unit to combat the growing threat of high-tech fraud and cyber attacks. Britain is in the grip of the growing cyber crime menace...

Tags: cyber crime, e-crime, nhtcu, threat

[12 Mar 2008]

e-Crime Crackdown: Timeline

News This is why silicon.com has launched its e-Crime Crackdown campaign calling for a national police e-crime unit. Trojans are increasingly used to target companies' top brass silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber...

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, crime

[12 Mar 2008]

UK 'failing on cyber crime'

News Shadow home secretary David Davis said a crime is committed online in the UK "every ten seconds" - costing UK businesses £10bn a year.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

Tags: pceu, cyber crime, e-crime crackdown

[03 Apr 2008]

Police e-crime unit set for green light

News We're looking at days rather than months.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. The UK's proposed central e-crime police unit is close to securing the necessary government funding to make it a...

Tags: funding, government, police, e-crime

[25 Apr 2008]

Police forces lack <strong>e</strong>-<strong>crime</strong> expertise and resources

Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources

News All 12 CIOs and IT directors on this week's CIO Jury are backing silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a dedicated national police e-crime unit, following the government's decision to hand over the now defunct National High-Tech Crime Unit...

Tags: cio jury, e-crime, cio, crime

[18 Mar 2008]

UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force

News The UK's major industry and business groups have backed silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign, which is calling for the creation of a new national police e-crime unit to combat the growing threat of cyber crime.

Tags: e-crime, police, cyber crime, crime

[14 Mar 2008]

Cyber crime: Police not taking it seriously

News Make your voice heard by leaving a Reader Comment below or emailing us in confidence at editorial@silicon.com.silicon.com is currently running its e-Crime Crackdown campaign for a dedicated high-tech national police crime unit to deal with the...

Tags: hacking, police, e-crime

[07 Apr 2008]

Police backs calls for e-crime unit

News Some of the biggest names in law enforcement, business and the IT industry have thrown their weight behind our e-Crime Crackdown campaign.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit.

Tags: cyber crime, nhtcu, e-crime, crime

[12 Mar 2008]

National fraud reporting centre to arrive next year

News A spokesman for the Attorney General's Office said: "A proof-of-concept model is being developed and will be tested from the summer, for six months, with aim to identify what information is not being compared currently and join up information that...

Tags: security, cyber crime, fraud

[28 Apr 2008]

Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes

News The National High Tech Crime Unit (NHCTU) was rolled into Soca in 2006, prompting claims from business and politicians that cyber crime policing was being diluted.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime...

Tags: nhtcu, soca, cyber crime

[15 May 2008]

Leader: Playing sheriff of the wild, wild web

Leader Even the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, which traces huge amounts of laundered money around the world, said at last year's e-Crime Forum that tracking small payments is difficult. New government plans to crack down on fraudsters show just how...

Tags: online scam

[02 Feb 2006]

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