Managed Detection & Response (MDR) , Next-Generation Technologies & Secure Development , Threat Detection

How Does New UK 'Police CyberAlarm' Project Work?

Cybercrime Expert Andrew Gould Provides an Update on Monitoring Effort
Andrew Gould, national cybercrime program lead for the U.K’.s National Police Chiefs Council

A new U.K. initiative, Police CyberAlarm, is offering free monitoring software to member organizations to help law enforcement officials track suspicious activity. "We will have, for the first time, that live-time data threat intelligence driving policing activity," says Andrew Gould, national cybercrime program lead for the U.K’.s National Police Chiefs Council.

See Also: Live Webinar | A Practical Approach to Threat Detection, Investigation, and Response

Those participating in the Police CyberAlarm project will share collected data with police for analysis at the local, regional and national levels to identify trends to help react to emerging threats and identify, pursue and prosecute cybercriminals.

"There are benefits for businesses and other organizations in terms of having a better live-time picture of the threats that are impacting them specifically," Gould says. These include gaining a better understanding of what their vulnerabilities and risks are.

In a video interview with Information Security Media Group, Gould discusses:

  • Current U.K. cybercrime trends and how the City of London Police is responding to them;
  • How the Police CyberAlarm initiative will help organizations understand and monitor malicious cyber activity;
  • How U.K. law enforcement is adopting a nationalized approach to better manage the cybercrime response.

Gould, detective chief superintendent, is the national cybercrime program lead for the U.K’.s National Police Chiefs Council, a coordination body for law enforcement. He’s responsible for developing the police response to cybercrime at the national, regional and local levels. Previously, he was deputy head of FALCON, or Fraud and Linked Crime Online, the London Metropolitan Police’s response to cybercrime and fraud.


About the Author

Anna Delaney

Anna Delaney

Director, ISMG Productions

An experienced broadcast journalist, Delaney conducts interviews with senior cybersecurity leaders around the world. Previously, she was editor-in-chief of the website for The European Information Security Summit, or TEISS. Earlier, she worked at Levant TV and Resonance FM and served as a researcher at the BBC and ITV in their documentary and factual TV departments.




Around the Network

Our website uses cookies. Cookies enable us to provide the best experience possible and help us understand how visitors use our website. By browsing databreachtoday.eu, you agree to our use of cookies.