Posted 08 June 2009
UCD and INTERPOL co-operate further to fight international cybercrime
University College Dublin and INTERPOL, the world’s largest international police organisation with 187 member countries, have signed an agreement to further develop their links towards tackling cybercrime. Outlining the areas of common interest and participation, the Agreement means that the UCD Centre for Cybercrime will help INTERPOL to develop its computer forensic incident response capability and provide advice on new and emerging cyber initiatives.
“With University College Dublin and its Centre for Cybercrime Investigations at the forefront of cybercrime training, this agreement between UCD and INTERPOL will help law enforcement develop long-term capacity and expertise in fighting cybercrime and recognised international standards for digital forensics or cybercrime investigations,” said Dr Joe Carthy, Director of the UCD’s Centre for Cybercrime Investigation and Head of the UCD School of Computer Science & Informatics.
Pictured far right: Signing the Memoranda of Understanding between UCD and INTERPOL (l-r) - Dr Hugh Brady, President, University College Dublin; Bernhard Otupal, Crime Intelligence Officer, the Financial and High-Tech Crime Unit, INTERPOL; and Dale Sheehan, Director of Training, INTERPOL
INTERPOL is committed to raising global standards in the fight against IT crime, and this agreement will see law enforcement officers from around the world benefit from specialist training in a range of areas including; preserving electronic evidence, enhancing investigation techniques for online crime, capturing evidence of covert activity and managing intelligence-led operations - all essential areas to 21st century e-crime investigations.
"Since Internet crimes are global, complex and difficult to investigate, greater co-operation is needed between all stakeholders to develop a common strategic approach to e-crime and to make better use of scarce resources, and this initiative marks a significant step forward in enabling academia and law enforcement to come together under a shared objective " said Elaine Dezenski, INTERPOL’s Global Security Initiative (GSI) Managing Director.
“Training is one of INTERPOL’s core functions, and the agreement signed here underlines our ongoing commitment to ensuring that all law enforcement officers from each of our 187 member countries can benefit from the highest level of expert knowledge in this field,” said Dale Sheehan, INTERPOL’s Director of Training who signed the agreement with UCD on behalf of the Organization.
Under the agreement, the UCD Centre for Cybercrime Investigation will help develop training programmes for the Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor (COFEE) software tool developed by Microsoft for INTERPOL which aids law enforcement investigators worldwide in incident response investigations access live computer system data.
At the official signing, the UCD Centre for Cybercrime Investigation also signed a similar Agreement with IMPACT (The International Multilateral Partnership against Cyber Threats).
INTERPOL is the world’s largest international police organization, with 187 member countries. Created in 1923, it facilitates cross-border police co-operation, and supports and assists all organizations, authorities and services whose mission is to prevent or combat international crime.
INTERPOL aims to facilitate international police co-operation even where diplomatic relations do not exist between particular countries. Action is taken within the limits of existing laws in different countries and in the spirit of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. INTERPOL’s constitution prohibits ‘any intervention or activities of a political, military, religious or racial character.’
The UCD Centre for Cybercrime Investigation is also part of the Irish Delegation to the INTERPOL Working Party on IT Crime – Europe.
