Deliverables Financial Year 23/24

The work and products being prioritised for delivery during this period can be succinctly outlined as follows:

Cyber Training and Capability Pursue & Prevention (Pursue) – This project enables the organisation to transform Police Scotland’s capacity and capability to respond to the threats of cybercrime through the review and implementation of a full suite of cyber training products to officers and staff from basic to advance levels. The Initial Business Case was been approved at SPA Resources Committee in May 2023.

Digital Forensics Vans (Pursue) – Approved at Change Board, March 2023. Four vans secured by fleet for this financial year, with kit-out and operational delivery estimated Q2 2023. The introduction of the vans allows for ‘at scene’ examination of digital devices, seized under warranted powers, therefore reducing the number of digital devices that would otherwise have been transported to be examined in the DF Laboratory, adding to existing heavy workloads.

Digital Evidence Detection Dogs - (Pursue) – Business Justification Case being prepared for presentation at Change Board in July 2023. Recruitment and training expected to take approximately 12 months from business case approval.

Critical Issues (Pursue & Prevention) –Text Analytical Solution for the Internet Investigations Unit (IIU) and visual text analytics functionality to improve effectiveness and efficiency. This will replace the current database which is unstable and cannot be utilised whilst also providing an analytical tool to the IIU Investigators.

Cyber Kiosk (Phase 2) – Project seeks to design and deliver a solution that will allow connectivity of the 41 cyber kiosk devices to the IT network so that they can communicate with a central server to enable the sharing of management information only. This remote process will replace the current manual process, thus freeing up valuable time and associated costs. The networking does not allow the sharing of information between the kiosk devices. A project plan and costings for each site is in development. The PDWP are working closely with Digital Division to identify a pilot site that can be setup as a proof of concept subject to design sign-off.

ISO17025 – Project to deliver formal accreditation of all five Police Scotland Digital Forensics Laboratories. Work has commenced with the Digital Forensic Lab at Muggiemoss, Aberdeen with accreditation of all five labs expected by 2026. This project reports six monthly to the SPA Forensics Committee.

The Programme also possesses an emerging technology and horizon scanning work stream with the aim of delivering/enhancing the following:

Dark Web search capability.
Crypto Currency investigative, seizure and storage capability.
Police Cyber Alarm - Product aimed at SME's, Business and 3rd sector partners to help strengthen their cyber protection capabilities.
Prevent/Cyber Choices – Programme to enable Police Scotland to identify, engage and divert young and potentially vulnerable people who are on the cusp of cyber-criminal behaviours onto more positive pathways.

Now/Next/Beyond - Work ongoing to help establish and Research and Development (R&D) process. By fully understanding the problem we are trying to fix will help identify the solution/technology to fix/improve/enhance. This will form part of a future operating model horizon scanning / R&D function.

Cyber Futures – This work will develop the future target operating model for Cyber and Fraud in the organisation and the workforce mix required to deliver against this demand.