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Police data records need accuracy check, says inspector

...The accuracy of information on the Police National Computer is being affected by problems with IT and data entry at... Read more

5 August, 2010 by Kable
Best Practices for National Cyber Security: Building a <endeca_term>National Computer</endeca_term> Security Incident Management Capability

Best Practices for National Cyber Security: Building a National Computer Security Incident Management Capability

Managing cyber security through a national strategy is a necessity common to all national governments in the 21st... Read more

1 June, 2010

Home Office reviews Hendon police datacentre

...safety is protected".Among the systems run from HDC are the police national computer and the national database for automatic number plate recognition.May said... Read more

19 December, 2011 by Mark Say

Chinese researchers find Chrome flaws

...according to a report. The three flaws were discovered by China's National Computer Network's Intrusion Protection Centre, Xinhua reported, adding that Google confirmed... Read more

7 October, 2011 by Liau Yun Qing

Cleveland Police hit by Conficker infection

...Conficker infection, leading the Manchester force to disconnect itself from the Police National Computer database. Earlier in June, police from the Ukraine, UK, US, the... Read more

30 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google alleges China Gmail hack

...Institute Cyber Security Conference in London on Wednesday. In 2010, the Chinese National Computer Emergency Response Team (CNCERT) report said that out of nearly 480... Read more

2 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner

'Clunky' IT systems hamper police work

...go away and do their own thing." The NPIA adminsters the Police National Computer (PNC), a system that holds details of people, vehicles, crimes and... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Police tech agency chasing £1bn savings by 2015

...critical national IT infrastructure supporting frontline police operations such as the Police National Computer, the national fingerprint database, the Airwave radio system and the National... Read more

30 June, 2010 by Nick Heath

Police 'misusing national computer

Misuse of the Police National Computer (PNC) by officers is undermining public confidence in the police's... Read more

16 July, 2004 by Kable

It's a dog's life for police BlackBerrys

...two-digit codes - complex data tasks such as checks of the Police National Computer can't be done without additional assistance. For example doing a... Read more

20 October, 2009 by Natasha Lomas

Crash cops get plumbed into national computer

...the scene of car accidents to file reports directly to the Police National Computer using PDAs and smartphones, as well as automatically copying information to... Read more

28 January, 2009 by Nick Heath

Police National Computer gets a facelift

Good to go for years to come The Police National Computer (PNC) has received a major upgrade, meaning officers will increasingly be... Read more

3 April, 2007 by Tim Ferguson

Microsoft to give Patch Tuesday details to gov't agencies

...at the AusCERT 2010 security conference in Queensland, Australia. "There are actually national [Computer Emergency Response Teams] and there are national agencies and entities ... what... Read more

19 May, 2010 by Ben Grubb

Passengers to be profiled against police records

...declined to say whether passenger data was cross-referenced with the Police National Computer (PNC). Data will be stored for five years in an active... Read more

22 March, 2010

UK internet security rated among Europe's best

...states to work towards parity of critical information infrastructure resilience, and that national computer emergency response teams (Certs) be established in member states that need... Read more

18 March, 2010 by Tom Espiner

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