Cyber Crime in the Digital Age
Andy Archibald
Head, National Cyber Crime Unit
What is Cyber Crime?
Pure Cyber crime
• Can only be committed
through the use of ICT.
Cyber enabled crime
• Can be committed without
technology but is assisted or
escalated by the use of ICT.
Motivations – Pure Cyber Crime
• Child abuse images
• Political / Kudos
• Financial Reward
Cyber crime in the digital age
Key Threats to the UK
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Malware
Data markets
Network Intrusions
Finance
Infrastructure
Cyber – enabled activity
The Role of Law Enforcement
• Lead the law enforcement response to the
highest level cyber crime threats.
• Support NCA Operations and law enforcement
partners in their response to cyber-enabled
crime.
• Coordinate national and international efforts
to tackle cyber crime.
International cooperation
• Criminals operate with no regard to international
boundaries
• Coordinating the response - we are all victims of
the same threats
• Working towards a new international model:
 Shared understanding of the threat
 Coordinated priorities
 International deconfliction
 Global proactive investigation hubs
Industry participation
• Working with industry is critical - law
enforcement must do more to be equal partners
with industry
• Moving from industry partnerships to industry
participation:
 Shared understanding of the threat
 Joint investigation teams
 CISP / NFIB / Action Fraud
 BBA / ISP cooperation
Law enforcement skills
• New crimes need new skills
• High end skills – coders, programmers, technical
engineers.
• Challenge to attract, retain and reward these
individuals.
• General increase in skills, knowledge and
awareness across law enforcement.
Andy Archibald
Head of National Cyber Crime Unit
andrew.archibald@nca.x.gsi.gov.uk
nccu@nca.x.gsi.gov.uk