Money and Mindset: The Two Biggest Roadblocks to Cyber Policing
Dark Reading, Thursday, August 20th, 2026
Dark Reading argues law enforcement cyber training lags threats because of budget limits and lack of focus.
Dark Reading examines why law enforcement cyber capability lags behind evolving threats. Officers need the basics of digital investigation, but two roadblocks stand in the way.
The first is money: budget limits restrict how much training can be delivered and how current it stays.
The second is mindset: cyber remains a specialist concern rather than a core policing competence in many forces. The article argues both have to change for policing to keep pace with cyber-enabled crime.