Cyber enabled crime The challenge for national and local police. Nick Alston CBE Chair of PIER 25 January 2017

PIER’s core activities Facilitating police-led research Continuing professional development Knowledge exchange

PIER Victims, witnesses and perpetrators ARU faculties Police forces, national policing bodies Universities/policing networks Public sector partners and third sector agencies PIER Victims, witnesses and perpetrators

UK response to Cyber crime National Cyber Security Centre National Crime Agency (National Cyber Crime Unit) Action Fraud - National Cyber Crime reporting centre Metropolitan Police Cyber Crime Unit Local police forces

CSEW fraud and computer misuse – numbers of incidents for year ending September 2016 Offence group Number of incidents (thousands) Fraud 3,617 Bank and credit account fraud 2,452 Non-investment fraud 39 Advance fee fraud 118 Other fraud 108 Computer misuse 1,966 Computer virus 1,300 Unauthorised access to personal information (including hacking) 667 ONS Jan 17 data

Chief Constable Stephen Kavanagh Jan ‘17 The internet challenges our existing geographical structure of policing and concepts of social space, victimhood and crime types. A fraudster or hacker can target multiple victims in numerous locations from the comfort of their bedroom. Evidence can exist in multiple jurisdictions and formats but needs to be brought together into one digital case file for presentation at court.

In reality… The threat to data is growing but policing action and prosecutions are likely to be the exception rather than the rule Good protection will be essential – so thanks for taking an interest The GDPR may help bring a focus but national laws will lag behind and responsible national authorities may well struggle There could be perverse impacts: ‘dare to share’ is crucial in delivering better, ‘joined up’ public protection from the police and partner agencies – even though police data excluded from GDPR

Contact details Where you can find us: Chelmsford: Marconi 304 Cambridge: Helmore 257 Email: samantha.lundrigan@anglia.ac.uk nicholas.alston@anglia.ac.uk jason.slater@@anglia.ac.uk