The police force in UK is to create specialist cyber security units. These will liaise with international partners over existing and emerging threats in the sector, and will help provide tools (cyber and forensic) to support the police in their operations. The force's new ‘Modernisation and Renewal Programme 2015-2017 ’ outlines how better training, increased investment in people and technology, and the regionalisation of the existing National Cyber Security will help develop cyber capabilities, fit better with police operations, and work with the wider Computer Crime Investigation Unit Strategy 2016-2021 . Asked if the problem is that cybercrime is not reported, and therefore the police cannot act on it, he said: “The issue is not just that cybercrime is not properly reported and therefore Law Enforcement cannot act on it, the problem is that inadequate and improper reporting of cybercrime means that to those who decide on what resources law enforcement require may not have the necessary information to ensure proper resources are assigned to cybercrime. Other areas of concern that have been highlighted include the fact that under current legislation​, cybercrime is typically prosecuted under other types of crime, which consequently masks the extent of it, and poor reporting means that it is difficult to decide the level of resources required to tackle cyber crime effectively.
The police force in UK is to create specialist cyber security units. These will liaise with international partners over existing and emerging threats in the sector, and will help provide tools (cyber and forensic) to support the police in their operations. The force's new ‘Modernisation and Renewal Programme 2015-2017 ’ outlines how better training, increased investment in people and technology, and the regionalisation of the existing National Cyber Security will help develop cyber capabilities, fit better with police operations, and work with the wider Computer Crime Investigation Unit Strategy 2016-2021 . Other areas of concern that have been highlighted include the fact that under current legislation​, cybercrime is typically prosecuted under other types of crime, which consequently masks the extent of it, and poor reporting means that it is difficult to decide the level of resources required to tackle cyber crime effectively.