1. Australian High Tech Crime Centre International Cooperation – An Australian Perspective Wednesday, 7 November 2007

2. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Agenda 1. AFP International Network 2. Relationships (Forums & Conferences) 3. Capacity Building 4. Collaboration

3. Australian High Tech Crime Centre AFP INTERNATIONAL NETWORK SOUTH PACIFIC Honiara Honiara Port Moresby Port Vila SuvaWellington BaliBangkokBangladeshBeijing Chiang Mai ColomboDhakaDiliGuangzhouHanoi Ho Chi Minh City Hong Kong IslamabadJakarta Kuala Lumpur Kuala LumpurManila New Delhi Phnom Penh RangoonSingaporeVientiane ASIA AMERICASBogotáBrasilia New York (UN) Washington DC EUROPE & AFRICA BeirutBelgradeDubai The Hague London Lyon (Interpol) Pretoria Currently – 86 Officers at 37 posts in 29 Countries Moscow Abuja

4. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Partnerships Community crime in an international arena –Inter-Governmental –Police & law enforcement –Industry (Banks, Card Companies, ISP’s, AV Vendors) –Community ‘Think globally, act locally’ (Greenpeace)

5. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Relationships  STRATEGIC ALLIANCE CYBER CRIME WORKING GROUP In 2006, the five-eyes Strategic Alliance Group was formed to develop the most effective ways to collectively fight against the most pervasive and damaging global crime problems. Within this structure are five active sub- groups which include the Cyber Crime Working Group (CCWG). The CCWG discusses and analyses current and future global cyber crime threats and develops collaborative initiatives to best address these threats. The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) in the UK hosted the first Strategic Alliance Group meeting in June 2006. Since this time meetings have been held in Wellington, New Zealand and San Diego, USA. A range of new outcomes emerge from each of these meetings which include areas such as information and intelligence sharing, training initiatives and public awareness strategies.

6. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Relationships (CTINS) - Cybercrime Technology Information Network System – Annual Conference & IT Crime Investigation and Training Seminar The CTINS Conference & IT Crime Investigation and Training Seminar is an annual event hosted in Japan by the National Police Agency (NPA) of Japan for law enforcement agencies in the Asia region. This conference provides an opportunity to network with other LEAs in the Asia region who are responsible for the conduct and management of technology enabled crime investigations in their respective jurisdictions.

7. Australian High Tech Crime Centre CTINS Cont……. An excellent forum to discuss intelligence sharing arrangements and develop strategies to work closer together in areas such as:  new and emerging technologies facing LEAs in the Asia region;  legislation;  development and delivery of training; and  ‘real-time’ exchange of operational and intelligence information on a police-to-police basis; and  strengthening cooperative relationships. The CTINS network is a secure 24 hours a day information technology network developed by the NPA of Japan to exchange high tech crime information with LEAs from China, Hong Kong, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. The AHTCC now has a single connection to CTINS which provides both the AFP and AHTCC with the ability to securely exchange and request information on high tech crime issues with operational practitioners and managers on a 24 hours a day basis.

8. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Relationships  INTERNATIONAL BOTNET TASKFORCE CONFERENCES Usually held biannually. Microsoft have the lead on this conference (in July 2007 the AHTCC and Microsoft co-hosted the conference in Sydney) Predominantly a discussion about the global and regional technical aspects and investigations into Botnets. Next conference to be held in Lyon, France in early 2008.

9. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Relationships  VIRTUAL GLOBAL TASKFORCE (VGT) VGT is a collaborative alliance involving law enforcement agencies from around the world working together to combat online child sex exploitation and to make the Internet a safer place. AHTCC is proud to be a founding member of the VGT which was established in 2003. Other members include the UK Child Exploitation and Online Protection team, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Interpol and the United States Department of Homeland Security.

10. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Relationships OTHER IMPORTANT RELATIONSHIPS  Member of the International Watch and Warning Network (IWWN) – sharing of information of incidents, vulnerabilities, malicious code and threats through building a worldwide network of computer security incident response teams.  Anti-Phishing Working Group - global pan-industrial and law enforcement association focused on eliminating the fraud and identity theft that result from phishing, pharming and email spoofing of all types. 2,600+ members (banks, ISP’s, technology vendors, national/provincial LEA worldwide, private companies & agencies)

11. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Building Capacity  Rationale:  Law enforcement ill-equipped to fight online crime  Lacking technical skills and equipment, international cooperation, recognition of extent of crime or criminal methods  Leading Examples:  Vietnam High Tech Crime Centre & Conference  Beirut Cybercrime Unit  Bangladesh workshops

12. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Collaboration  Broker collaboration with international agencies to drive investigations FBI – Coolminer + vpn tunnel Microsoft – botnet taskforce Interpol – Project Goldphish working with agencies to set up arrangements with overseas communication providers, i.e.. Hotmail, Yahoo, Google

13. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Collaboration Cont….  Provide advice & coordination on training & technical measures to combat trans-national crime assist in development of HTC in Vietnam advice to Dutch HTC host numerous overseas visitors annual AHTCC workshop or colloquium’s – 3 days

14. Australian High Tech Crime Centre Collaboration Cont….  Cyber Storm II a five day exercise conducted in March 2008. the requirement for close national and international working relationships to tackle common problems including vulnerability analysis and the release of consistent advisories. Seven (7) sectors are represented from Australia including State/Territory/Commonwealth agencies; the banking & finance sector; telecommunications; water; energy; and information technology. This translates to 50-60 different organisations and the number swells when taking into consideration other players from around the world

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