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Addressing online threats in the internet age

David Omand By David Omand Filed Under: Featured Posted: November 21, 2014

Intelligence agencies are responding to the threats posed in the internet age. We should be relieved, argues Sir David Omand. Faced with the growing threats posed in the internet age, UK law enforcement has reorganized. It is recruiting more cyber professionals, notably through the new National Crime Agency. Increasingly the police have looked to the […]

Tagged With: dark net, Edward Snowden, European Convention on Human Rights, GCHQ, intelligence agencies, Intelligence Services Act, Interception Commissioner, internet, internet security, Security Service Act, Sir Anthony May

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The role of intelligence agencies in the internet age

David Omand By David Omand Filed Under: Featured Posted: November 13, 2014

Effective controls and regulations ensure that the UK’s intelligence agencies use their advanced knowledge of cyberspace for the collective good, argues Sir David Omand. Our law enforcement and intelligence agencies can answer complex questions about legitimate targets that would previously have been hopelessly intractable. That capability in the hands of authoritarian governments can be used […]

Tagged With: David Anderson QC, Edward Snowden, European Convention on Human Rights, Human Rights Act, intelligence agencies, Interception Commissioner, internet, internet security, Lord Neuberger, Sir Anthony May

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