Intersec Policing Conference

With much of today’s crime being cyber-enabled and powered by cross cutting verticals such as AI, Crypto, Drones - how will future policing methods be applied to financial, social, applied crime and cybercrimes themselves? This scene-setting discussion will explore what police heads see as the key future trends in crime and how law enforcement will embrace disruption to fight crime more smartly, efficiently and effectively.

We are deep into the era of AI-led crime. As a tool for crime, as the context for crime or as a target for criminal activity. From AI assisted cyberattacks, to driverless vehicles to tailored phishing, to disruption of systems - criminals continually test the boundaries of police investigative powers. In the first of a two-part discussion, we explore some of the emerging techniques criminals are using to support their enterprises, and the real work of law enforcement agencies (LEA) to shut them down.

Automation is transforming investigative workflows, helping to alleviate resource bottlenecks and crack cases faster. It can identify patterns, sift through information and automate leads. Any LEA not investing heavily is already being left behind. Its use will become even more predominant, as police enhance and develop their proactive investigative techniques. This panel will explore the current state of AI in law enforcement to help shut down criminal activity.

As threat actors increasingly use disinformation and synthetic media content to misinform, impersonate and manipulate public, political and corporate stakeholders, deepfake technology is quickly gaining rank as one of the biggest threats faced by society today. This session exposes the impact of deepfake crime (such as proof of life issues, fraud etc.), and explores the real-life experiences of police work and legal process in detection and preventive measures.

Proponents argue that predictive policing helps map future crimes and perpetrators faster and better than more traditional methods, whilst critics raise concerns about transparency, bias, ethics and accountability. This debate sheds light on the state of proactive and predictive policing – the good, the bad and the unaddressed, as well the techniques that drive it. 

Technology has empowered the generation of cross border and multiple border crime. Collaboration is key to foster knowledge sharing and clamp down on criminals faster and more efficiently. How can law enforcement and its partners work together to build greater flexibility in cross border cooperation between nations and what are the barriers to overcome such as legal, confidentiality and practically? This panel discussion will lay open the approaches to make formal and informal cooperation more flexible, faster and transparent.

Data analytics is a key tool in the law enforcement arsenal and central to transborder cooperation. For any agency, mapping trend development and criminal hot spots, they need actionable intelligence, based on good data governance. How should data be shared externally and across jurisdictions and what about issues around authenticity, reliability, access, permission, security and storage? Our data experts discuss how to get greater insights between forces, partners and jurisdictions.

As data becomes an increasingly strategic issue for police and law enforcement, how can proper data management strategies help drive actionable insight for internal day to day consumption. How can advanced data analytics and AI spell out golden nuggets of intelligence.

The art of pivoting in open-source intelligence. How open-source tools provide real-time information that can accelerate investigations and why this can be a key pillar for law enforcement. 

The art of pivoting in open-source intelligence. How open-source tools provide real-time information that can accelerate investigations and why this can be a key pillar for law enforcement. 

Cybersecurity is a major challenge for all organisations, and even more so for law enforcement. This power panel of law enforcement CISOs talk data security, AI, cloud and other pain points. How they are securing/masking sensitive data, mitigating risk around employee AI use and managing cloud usage and migration.

What digital skills will LEA officers require for future crime investigations, and how are the police ensuring new recruits and veteran officers have those skills? Should specific training be mandatory throughout a police officer's career and can this help foster an entrepreneurial approach to continued learning and the embracement of tech? This session looks at the future of police work from a skills and entrepreneurship perspective, the skills and approaches required to beat future crime.

Busy police forces are focused on solving crime today, giving little bandwidth to consider future technology innovation. Yet who knows what law enforcement needs better than serving police officers? Police want innovation but don't have the time, money or know where to start. This panel will discuss how to fast track technology innovation, by bringing together law enforcement, universities, the private sector and startups.

Criminals are preparing for a qubit future and society should fear their foresight! The advent of quantum computing promises to compromise the foundations of cybersecurity, allowing criminals to decrypt and exploit swathes of sensitive data. Quantum resilience can help combat this threat, but if law enforcement is not ready, criminals will have a significant advantage. This lively discussion delves into the impact of quantum technologies on law enforcement, assesses what can be done today and how the police can exploit the technology to ensure a safe and secure transition into the quantum revolution. 

Surveillance is at our every turn, so how can it be updated to embrace new technologies such as AI? And how can these updates be made more socially acceptable? Can technologies such as homomorphic encryption introduce change to surveillance techniques, bringing a balance between privacy and leaving criminals nowhere to hide. And what developments in data protection and encryption will ensure it is less intrusive and gains broad public support?

As mobility and transport rapidly evolves – a change that will accelerate with autonomous vehicles - road safety will need a tech makeover to ensure police have the tools, knowledge and policies to keep our communities flowing. Is real-time analysis a game-changer for urban mobility, using data analytics, AI algorithms and monitoring technology to predict and prevent accidents? This talk will explore how road safety is changing from a policing point of view – and the technology, monitoring and policies needed for law enforcement to manage incidents effectively and ensure our safety.

Police forces are using drones in increasingly innovative ways to support the air needs of law enforcement and keep the public safe, from tracking offenders to next generation DFR. As technology advances, drones will be capable of autonomous flight and performing complex tasks with minimal human intervention. Equally, they will be used for drone-enabled crimes to deliver drugs, firearms and money, with more advanced crimes expected as the technology matures. Explore how safe, efficient and sustainable drone and counter drone operations being deployed by police, how drone forensics systems using AI can analyse flight paths, spot patterns and decrypt pilot data to meet emerging and evolving threats.

The dark web is a hidden part of the internet accessible through specialised browsers. Risks associated with the dark web include cybercrime, illegal marketplaces, and data breaches. This presentation will provide insights into the challenges law enforcement faces in monitoring and regulating this space, how LEAs are conducting investigations to combat dark web-related crime, and the importance of cybersecurity measures to protect against dark web threats. 

Many countries lack systems, frameworks or regulations to recognise people trafficking. Often, modern slavery employs invisible control mechanisms on vulnerable people, making investigation and prosecution difficult. How does law enforcement keep pace with changes to technology-based exploitation, such as catfishing, online grooming, snapchat, encrypted chat platforms, and many more? This panel looks at how technology can be used to identify and stop the many different forms of modern slavery including supply chain visibility and traceability.

Most financial crime/fraud has as cyber element. Criminals continually evolve their methods to exploit weak spots in financial systems, commit cross border crime or identify weaknesses in a country's legislation. The growth of virtual or unregulated currencies will make financial crimes and money laundering even more common. Split into a three-part focus on different aspects of financial crime, this panel will discuss approaches to minimise financial crime and, methods to counter money laundering.

In our second focus on financial crime, we look at the evolving nature and aggressive increase in scams, and ask if they can ever be stopped through international collaboration and cooperation of big tech.

With an increasing number of criminals using virtual assets to hide money and enable crime, this session looks at the evolving risk around digital currencies and smart strategies to counter crypto offenders from regulatory developments and leaps forward in effective public private partnerships.