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E-crime unit 'on track' despite funding delay
News Plans for a national UK cybercrime policing unit remain on track despite the government stalling on funding, according to the Metropolitan Police Service's e-crime chief . Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, one of the architects of the...
[June 16, 2008, 8:39]
E-crime unit seeks insight from IT industry
News The Metropolitan Police's nascent e-crime unit is stepping up its efforts to communicate with UK businesses, inviting 150 corporate security professionals to a consultation later this month. The Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) event will take...
[February 10, 2009, 11:04]
Police e-crime unit set for gov't go-ahead
News The UK's proposed central e-crime police unit is close to securing the necessary government funding to make it a reality, according to one of the architects of the project. Currently, the 43 UK police forces deal with e-crime separately but...
[April 28, 2008, 8:24]
Police e-crime unit seeks industry recruits
News Detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the Metropolitan Police Service — one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit announced on Tuesday — has proposed recruiting individuals from industry to assist the unit with investigations.
[October 2, 2008, 8:30]
Fears over funding for police e-crime unit
News From spring 2009, the Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU), announced on Tuesday by the Home Office, will co-ordinate law enforcement efforts against all online offences and lead national investigations into the most serious e-crime.
[October 2, 2008, 7:58]
UK e-unit Web site goes live
News A new website for the UK's e-Government Unit, replacing the e-envoy's homepage, is now available The Office of the e-Envoy (OeE) has been consigned to the Whitehall scrap heap, completing its transition to become the e-Government Unit on 2 June, 2004.
[June 2, 2004, 15:20]
Businesses may be forced to fund e-crime unit
News Businesses would be forced to contribute to the funding of a national police e-crime unit under the current proposal being considered by the Home Office. But the private sector has hit back, saying the core funding for a dedicated police unit to...
[March 18, 2008, 7:24]
MPs demand more funding for e-crime unit
News MPs have called for more money to fund a new e-crime unit and end the image the UK is a "soft touch" on cybercrime. In a parliamentary debate on internet fraud on Wednesday, MPs said the government needs to "look again" at the £7m funding for the...
[November 6, 2008, 6:30]
Microsoft: Police e-crime unit 'giant step forward'
News The Police Central e-Crime Unit has been hailed as a "giant step forward" by Microsoft's UK security adviser, Ed Gibson. The report recommended the formulation of an e-crime unit to replace NHTCU. Earlier this month, British businesses questioned...
[October 30, 2008, 15:55]
Government launches new e-crime unit
Blog A new £7M police unit dedicated to tackling cyber crime and clamping down on internet fraud was announced by e-crime Minister Vernon Coaker today. I was at a meeting last week with Microsoft's security advisor and ex-FBI agent Ed Gibson (speaking...
[September 30, 2008, 14:45]
Police e-crime unit calls for industry aid
News The UK's new e-crime unit wants industry to help out in the battle against online fraud. Police are now in talks with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and other industry bodies about using online investigators at banks and retailers to...
[December 11, 2008, 7:15]
Deutsche Telekom Unit Keeps "Winning Team" for E-mail Security as It Moves to 64-Bit
White Papers The T-Systems Austria GesmbH, part of Deutsche Telekom's T-System IT business unit, has relied on Microsoft Antigen for the e-mail security of its Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 infrastructure. So, as the technology leader moves to the 64-bit world...
[February 17, 2007, 0:00]
Industry expects e-crime unit to 'knock on doors'
News The announcement last month of the formation of the new Police Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) will be seen by some as an admission that the April 2006 decision to roll the former National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) into the more strategic Serious...
[October 23, 2008, 15:23]
Police chief's departure won't halt e-crime plans
News The development of a centralised e-crime unit is to go ahead, the Metropolitan Police has said, despite the departure of the project's main proponent. Commander Sue Wilkinson has been leading a project that aims to create a Police Central e-Crime...
[October 4, 2007, 16:03]
National anti-fraud centre ready for action
News Metropolitan Police Service detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie, one of the architects of the Police Central e-Crime Unit, has revealed that pilots for the National Fraud Reporting Centre are due to begin imminently.
[October 3, 2008, 8:53]
New e-Payments Engine for Northern Ireland
News Northern Ireland's e-Government Unit has provided a new transactional platform for authorities in the province. John Price, deputy director of the Northern Ireland e-Government Unit, said it has developed the system using Microsoft's Biz Talk 2004...
[November 3, 2004, 11:48]
Tories attack gov't over cybercrime delay
News The Tories have launched a stinging attack on the government's failure to pay £1.3m to fund a national e-crime policing unit. The unit would provide leadership and expertise to co-ordinate investigations nationwide and collate reports from police...
[April 4, 2008, 8:46]
Tories attack government policy on cybercrime
News The Conservatives have criticised the government's response to the growing threat from cybercrime, unveiling plans for a national e-crime unit and a dedicated e-crime minister if they win the next election.
[March 7, 2008, 9:04]
Police: We're overwhelmed by e-crime
News The Metropolitan Police have warned that the UK's local police forces "can no longer cope" with e-crime, and have called for a national unit to be set up to address the problem. In a report written by detective chief inspector Charlie McMurdie of...
[January 25, 2007, 15:57]
Blair reaches out to IT staff
News Blair recorded the message, which was broadcast on 24 May, 2005, as part of a speech delivered by the head of e-government unit, Ian Watmore. An e-Government Unit spokesperson said the broadcast is not being made publicly available.
[May 25, 2005, 16:05]
