Overhaul of internet security
Date: August 21, 2007Source: Vnunet.com
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According to the proposal, the reporting tool would help law enforcement agencies gain an understanding of the computer crime landscape in the UK, and offer a central repository to collate reports and identify patterns.
A web-based system could be a useful tool for companies if it offered a confidential method of reporting attacks and a more direct link to police IT specialists, something previously provided by the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, which is now part of the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
The report also backs the proposed Police Central E-crime Unit and calls for ìthe establishment of a central network of computer forensic laboratories to support individual forces.
Jeremy Beale, head of e-business at the CBI, welcomed the report's recommendations. A central e-crime reporting system to pull together criminal investigations at a national level could really speed up the process of identifying and prosecuting crimes, Beale argued.
What would also make a real difference would be improved police capabilities and resources, which the report notes are entirely inadequate at present.
The proposal also calls for a review of the current system that requires online fraud to be reported directly to banks. Instead, fraud victims should be able to lodge a police report and have some formal acknowledgement of the fact of a crime having been committed, the report argues.
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