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[Roger Clarke]

[Does anyone see a problem with the following statement?

'Government agency dealing in highly sensitive data says that it will 
try even harder, now that it's been given even more sensitive data to 
look after'.]


CrimTrac bolsters controls for anti child abuse database
Liz Tay
Apr 16, 2012 1:40 PM (1 day 6 hours ago)
http://www.itnews.com.au/News/297078,crimtrac-bolsters-controls-for-anti-child-abuse-database.aspx?eid=1&edate=20120417&utm_source=20120417_AM&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=daily_newsletter

To pool data from state and federal police.

Police information sharing agency CrimTrac is working to improve the 
security controls around its national child abuse image-tracking 
database to be deployed by the middle of this year.

The so-called Child Exploitation Tracking System (CETS) combines data 
from state and federal law enforcement, following a 2010 trial by the 
Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Queensland Police.

It uses software developed by Microsoft in partnership with the 
Toronto Police Service's Sex Crimes Unit in Canada.

Data from Australian police will be transported to CETS 
administrators in Canberra on encrypted physical disks, to be 
uploaded and stored on CrimTrac infrastructure.

A CrimTrac spokeswoman said the CETS would use equipment from its 
three-year Information Technology Service Continuity (ITSC) project, 
which concluded last year.

...

For the CETS, CrimTrac will replace an unspecified number of routers, 
improve quality of service, and add "security devices" to the 
network, the spokeswoman said.

...

The system was expected to allow police to quickly process large 
volumes of seized child exploitation material, metadata, and 
intelligence information such as virtual identities and IP addresses.

...

All agencies' sex crimes squads would have access to the database, 
she said. However, access would be limited to investigators with "a 
direct business need" for the information.

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