http://www.silicon.com Results for soca en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39453994,00.htm There's also the City of London Police force, which battles online crime as part of its role as the national lead police force for fraud and the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) also has a dedicated e-crime unit, which has helped convict 21... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 20 Jul 2009 17:23:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39452163,00.htm 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 22 prosecutions and 21 convictions. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Jul 2009 14:20:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39430896,00.htm The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) has revealed some of its crime fighting successes over the last year. Soca's annual report, published yesterday, details a year of fighting e-crime, from leading the UK operation to shut down the online... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 14 May 2009 15:10:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39424655,00.htm Speaking at the launch of a consultation entitled Protecting the Public in a Changing Communications Environment, Jacqui Smith said it is essential for such information to be easily accessible by public authorities, including the police, the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:30:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39362825,00.htm The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) is preparing to embark on a £500m project to integrate its IT systems. Soca is looking for suppliers for the project, to begin in 2010, to bring together around 50 systems, which the agency inherited from a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:14:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39335894,00.htm Ollie Ross, director of research at Tif, said that the figures compare unfavourably with the £25m of funding used to start up the National High-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - the forerunner to PCeU that was rolled into the Serious Organised Crime... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:18:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39317962,00.htm The forum, described by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) as "one of the most pernicious online criminal forums in the world", enabled participants to buy and sell personal data, and trade in equipment used in financial crimes. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 15:39:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39250349,00.htm As organised criminals move from more traditional crimes, such as armed robbery, towards e-crime, there is evidence that they are targeting university students, graduates and the tech savvy for recruitment, according to security experts and the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Jun 2008 08:25:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/datalockdown/0,3800014480,39242029,00.htm The report by the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) says groups of criminals worldwide are collaborating over the web, specialising in roles from spamming to trading stolen personal data. Soca also warn that half of the UK's £1.3bn intellectual... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:24:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39222363,00.htm The Serious Organised Crime Agency's (Soca) 2007 to 2008 report details work by the agency over the past year. Notable cyber crime success include Operation Ajowan, where Soca broke up a website where criminals traded stolen bank, credit and... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 15 May 2008 17:44:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170393,00.htm The head of e-crime for the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), Sharon Lemon, has warned e-crime is so widespread it now plays a role in nearly every criminal investigation. Soca has also announced it plans to work more closely with online... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/ciojury/0,3800003161,39170382,00.htm 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... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170383,00.htm Catherine Bowen, head of crime policy at the BRC, said: "The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) have not maintained those links with industry on business-related e-crime, we seem to have fallen off the bottom of the scale since the National... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 14 Mar 2008 13:46:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170345,00.htm Police, businesses and politicians have been calling for a dedicated cyber crime unit since the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was absorbed into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in 2006.silicon.com has also this week launched... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:35:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170342,00.htm Police, businesses and politicians say Britain is ill equipped to deal with the growing threat and have been demanding a dedicated e-crime police unit since the National High Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) was absorbed into the Serious Organised Crime... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:17:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170040,00.htm The UK used to have a dedicated police e-crime fighting body - called the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) - but this was rolled into the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) in April 2006. The decision to merge the NHTCU with Soca was not a... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:39:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39168731,00.htm Organisations must currently report any attacks on their network or data to local police computer crime units and there is concern at the lack of co-ordination since the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit was essentially disbanded in 2006 and rolled into... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 08 Oct 2007 15:45:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39167883,00.htm But last year the NHCTU was rolled into the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA). SOCA said the NHTCU has become the core of the e-crime unit of SOCA, with an expanded remit and greater resources. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:40:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39163015,00.htm The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca), which has now replaced the NHTCU, confirmed the three had been jailed and fined 100,000 roubles (£2,000) each. However, Soca declined to say whether the convictions would help reduce cyber crime in the UK... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 05 Oct 2006 14:10:03 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39160491,00.htm The Home Office is proposing law enforcement such as the Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) be allowed to break through the red tape of the Data Protection Act to access a number of databases - with the hope this would help capture more criminals. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:45:07 +0000