West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit

West Midlands Regional Cyber Crime Unit
Detective Inspector Rob Harris
Detective Sergeant Gary Sirrell
Twitter @WMROCU
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UK Policing Structures
• 43 Separate Forces
• Mainly Operating
Independently
• Range from 973 in
Warwickshire up to
33,367 in London
(Met Police)
UK Policing Structures
• 10 Regional
Organised Crime
Units (ROCU’s)
Policing the Digital World
"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home."
Ken Olsen, founder of Digital Equipment Corporation, 1977
• Began with Fraud Squads late 1980’s
• Hi-Tech Crime Units grew through 1990’s
• National Cyber Security Program 2008/09
• Expansion of roles (eForensic Officers, Digital Media
Advisors, Data Recovery Officers, Mobile Phone Technicians)
• Specialist Roles - Cyber Crime Units
Investigation
Technical
Intelligence
Protect
Cyber Crime Strategy – The Four P’s
* PROTECT – Ensure adequate protection
against the threat.
* PREPARE – Reduce the impact where it does
take place.
* PREVENT – Stop people from engaging in
criminal activity.
* PURSUE – Identify, disrupt, and take action
against those engaged in criminal activity.
My role as Cyber Crime ‘Protect’
Officer for the West Midlands Region
is predicated on the premise that 80%
of all Cyber Crime is easily
preventable by adopting basic
measures. This applies equally to
businesses and the public.
Basic measures – 10 top tips
1. Password Hygiene
2. Anti-Virus
3. Firewall
4. Update Patches and Migrate to latest software and OS
5. Backups
6. Staff Awareness – staff are key
7. Secure your website
8. Data Encryption
9. Managing User accounts and privileges
10. Cyber Liability Insurance
What support is out there to
the public and for business?
Resources –
Get Safe Online
Resources –
Cyber Street Wise
Resources –
CESG – 10 Steps
Resources –
Cyber Essentials
CiSP
Cyber Information Sharing Partnership
What is the Cyber-security Information Sharing Partnership (CiSP)?
• CiSP is a joint industry and government scheme based in CERT-UK.
CiSP is an online social networking tool and enables its members to
exchange information on threats and vulnerabilities as they occur in
real time.
Some basic advice…
• Do you know the value of your data. What are your ‘crown jewels’?
• Reputational damage / Intell prop / Trust.. What if these were affected?
• Do you know where your data is stored?
• Who has access to your data?
• Do you have backups? How often do you back up?
• Do you really know your employees?
• Do you have suitable business continuity and disaster recovery in place?
• What would you do if you lost all your data tonight?
• Do you know what your responsibilities are if you have a data breach?
What is Cyber Crime?
• Number of offences ranging from specific
computer crimes under the Computer
Misuse Act, to traditional crimes like Fraud
and Harassment
• Cyber Enabled – traditional crime now
being committed over the internet, or
• Cyber Dependant – ‘New’ crimes that
could only be committed with a computer
Key Threats
•
Large scale harvesting of personal and
business data
•
Targeted compromise of UK networked
•
Targeted disruption of access to UK networked
systems
•
Increasing volume of cyber dependent
criminality
•
Support services (cyber enablers)
Motivations…
• Hacktervism
• Fame / Kudos (Experimenters & Gamers)
• Financial (Theft, Fraud, Blackmail – DDOS )
• Business – IP, Competitive Advantage (+insider threat)
• State
Policing the Internet…
Current Work
• DDOS
• Botnets
• Hactavists
• Enablers
• National support – NCA & International
• Local Forces Support – Joint Visits
• Prepare & Protect – SME Engagement
• CTU Collaboration
Case Studies
Questions
Thank you…Questions?
Detective Inspector Rob Harris
Detective Sergeant Gary Sirrell
Twitter @WMROCU
Email rccu@west-midlands.pnn.police.uk