Home Office

Overview
The U.K. [www.homeoffice.gov.uk Home Office] fulfills a number of functions in relation to information security. It is responsible for ensuring that the UK’s Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) is protected as well as policing for high-tech crime (e.g., crimes that are committed either against computers or with the support of computers or computer networks). It also deals with a wide range of crime reduction, police and anti-social behavior initiatives which have an information security impact.