{"slug": "uk-s-top-crime-agency-hamstrung-by-legacy-it-watchdog-warns", "title": "UK's top crime agency hamstrung by legacy IT, watchdog warns", "summary": "The UK's National Crime Agency (NCA) is being held back by outdated legacy IT systems that force officers to juggle multiple devices and rely on manual workarounds, according to a watchdog report. The regulator warned that the aging technology is dragging down productivity and hampering the agency's ability to combat serious and organized crime effectively.", "body_md": "**SPONSORED LINKS**\n\n### MOST POPULAR\n\n## EVENTS\n\n-\n### Overcoming the trade-offs in data sovereignty\n\nWhat does data sovereignty actually mean for your network, which trade-offs are unavoidable? 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