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| HMIC report highlights concern over cyber crime plans | HMIC report highlights concern over cyber crime plans |
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| Just three out of 43 police forces in England and Wales have a comprehensive plan to deal with a large-scale cyber attack, a report has found. | Just three out of 43 police forces in England and Wales have a comprehensive plan to deal with a large-scale cyber attack, a report has found. |
| The Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) report warned only Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and West Midlands had sufficient plans in place. | The Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) report warned only Derbyshire, Lincolnshire and West Midlands had sufficient plans in place. |
| It also found only two per cent of police staff across 37 forces had been trained on investigating cyber crime. | It also found only two per cent of police staff across 37 forces had been trained on investigating cyber crime. |
| The report examined how prepared police are for a series of national threats. | The report examined how prepared police are for a series of national threats. |
| Last year, the government identified five threats as priorities for police to prepare for. These are: | Last year, the government identified five threats as priorities for police to prepare for. These are: |
| As part of its Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR), the Home Office called for a nationally required policing response to counter each of the threats. | As part of its Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR), the Home Office called for a nationally required policing response to counter each of the threats. |
| The report is the first in a series of inspections looking at how individual forces have responded to the guidelines. | The report is the first in a series of inspections looking at how individual forces have responded to the guidelines. |
| However, it found the response to national threats by individual forces has "not changed appreciably". | However, it found the response to national threats by individual forces has "not changed appreciably". |
| HMIC inspectors said they were "struck by how incomplete the police service's understanding of the national threats was" and that more needs to be done "collectively by all forces". | HMIC inspectors said they were "struck by how incomplete the police service's understanding of the national threats was" and that more needs to be done "collectively by all forces". |
| Cyberspace | Cyberspace |
| The report called for "much greater attention" from police leaders. | The report called for "much greater attention" from police leaders. |
| "The capacity and capability of the police to respond to national threats is stronger in some areas than others - with the police response to the cyber threat being the least well developed," HMIC's Stephen Otter said. | "The capacity and capability of the police to respond to national threats is stronger in some areas than others - with the police response to the cyber threat being the least well developed," HMIC's Stephen Otter said. |
| Police plans to deal counter-terrorism, public order, civil emergencies and organised crime were in "stark contrast" with the capabilities for cyber-related threats | Police plans to deal counter-terrorism, public order, civil emergencies and organised crime were in "stark contrast" with the capabilities for cyber-related threats |
| Inspectors found the ability to deal with cyber threats remains "largely absent" in some forces and that some senior officers across England and Wales are still "unsure of what constituted a large-scale cyber incident". | Inspectors found the ability to deal with cyber threats remains "largely absent" in some forces and that some senior officers across England and Wales are still "unsure of what constituted a large-scale cyber incident". |
| They found forces were "silent" when it came to preventing cyber crime and protecting people from the harm it causes, despite the fact it is "fast becoming a dominant method in the perpetration of crime". | They found forces were "silent" when it came to preventing cyber crime and protecting people from the harm it causes, despite the fact it is "fast becoming a dominant method in the perpetration of crime". |
| "The police must be able to operate very soon just as well in cyberspace as they do on the street," the report said. | "The police must be able to operate very soon just as well in cyberspace as they do on the street," the report said. |
| National Policing Lead for Public Order at the Association of Chief Police Officers, Chief Constable Justine Curran, said police have "continued to improve" and to "develop our understanding of the threats we face". | |
| However, she said there was "more to do to develop a clear, consistent approach," particularly when it comes to cyber crime, which she said remains "a growing threat". | However, she said there was "more to do to develop a clear, consistent approach," particularly when it comes to cyber crime, which she said remains "a growing threat". |
| "This report will assist chiefs and the College of Policing in this on-going work and provide useful ideas for enhancement where this can be achieved within the current financial austerity across policing," she said. | "This report will assist chiefs and the College of Policing in this on-going work and provide useful ideas for enhancement where this can be achieved within the current financial austerity across policing," she said. |