Global Initiative

Innovations in International Cooperation to Counter Cybercrime

Innovations in International Cooperation to Counter Cybercrime:

...Without significant cooperation between nations and the adoption of new strategies, law enforcement will be left behind, fighting 21st century crime with 19th century tools. cybercrime has challenged policing capacity in unprecedented ways, demanding increasing cooperation between states, and requiring a more effective investigation capacity. The J-CAT is a Member States led i...

Posted on 01 Feb 2015

Author(s): Tuesday Reitano, Troels Oerting, Marcena Hunter

Global Initiative

Cybercrime: getting paid and getting away with it

...by Raj Samani EMEA CTO McAfee Abajo la versión en español Money acts as one of the key drivers for cybercrime. Add to this the lower risk, and there is little wonder that we are witnessing the evolution of traditional crime to the digital sphere. In the previous research papers we focused on the service...

Posted on 24 Apr 2014

RESPECT

Webinar: Cybercrime and Human Rights

...On the 8th April, the Global Initiative co-hosted a webinar with the UN Global Compact on 21st Century cybercrime threats and the challenges they present to human security and human rights. The panel featured the following speakers drawn from the Global Initiative Network of experts: Peter Gastrow...

Posted on 13 Apr 2014

Global Initiative

GIN Interview: Gavin Corn, Federal Prosecutor in FBI’s Cybercrime Taskforce

...Federal prosecutor on detail to FBI’s cyber Task Force and founding member of the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime It’s hard to believe that Gavin Corn, a top federal prosecutor seconded to the FBI’s cybercrime di...

Posted on 27 Feb 2014

Global Initiative

Organized crime on cyber-steroids

...upon it to further enable existing criminal markets – in everything from drug deals, to sex trafficking, money laundering and identity theft - and at the same time created a myriad of new crimes.  cybercrime has put organized crime on steroids: the internet has made everything possible, while encryption and virtual currencies allow transactions to go undetected, almost anonymous.  An entire service...

Posted on 06 Jan 2014

Global Initiative

Countering the Cybercrime Avalanche

...ts of their lives and work – it is expected that the internet will double in size every five years.  With this comes a host of complex challenges: malicious software, targeted attacks, data theft, cyber-enabled terrorism, internet enabled frauds, thefts and crimes, including those that target society’s most vulnerable – women and children. Cybercrimes are low cost, low risk, and surprisingly ...

Posted on 06 Sep 2013

Global Initiative

Cybercrime: The “Digital Wildfire of the Hyper-connected World”

...etrators was also charged with hacking into the NASDAQ stock exchange, though there was no indication that any damage was done. In an era of falling crime rates in developed nations like the U.K., cybercrime (particularly fraud) is one of the few forms of crime that is increasing.  While the magnitude of cybercrime is extremely opaque, estimates have placed the cost of cybercrime at “between 0.05...

Posted on 06 Jul 2013

Global Initiative

Fighting Cybercrime and Protecting Privacy in the Cloud

...Fighting cybercrime and Protecting Privacy in the Cloud...

Posted on 18 Dec 2012

Global Initiative

Hate crime, cyber security and the experience of crime among children

...tisfaction with the police. It also looks at a range of public perception measures relating to hate crime. Questions were asked of adults aged 16 or over in England and Wales. Use of the internet and cyber security This chapter contains information from the 2010/11 British Crime Survey on levels of internet use, concerns people may have about using the internet, and any measures taken to protect person...

Posted on 18 Dec 2010

Global Initiative

Cyber Security in Spain: A Proposal for its Management

...ic and private dealings depend on these technologies. Through the years, the advances in ICTs have given rise to threats that make it necessary to manage the security of these technologies. Early on, cyber security was conceived as a reactive system to protect information (Information Security); however, it later evolved to assume a proactive position that identifies and manages the threats to cyberspa...

Posted on 18 Dec 2010