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Global approach needed on cybercrime: experts
Geneva (AFP) Oct 5, 2007 Telecoms and computer executives, legal officials and UN agencies on Friday warned that the world needs to take a global approach to tackling cybercrime and security issues on the Internet. International Telecommunications Union chief Hamadoun Toure said individual national or regional approaches to tackle spam, hackers, remote attacks on computer systems and use of the Internet for crime would inevitably be flawed. "Cyber security is a global problem and it needs a global solution," he told journalists after a meeting here. The attempt to set up a global agenda to tackle cybersecurity has gained momentum following a concerted wave of cyber attacks on Estonia's websites and computer infrastructure in May, participants said. "It can happen again, anywhere in the world," said Norwegian judge and computer crime specialist Stein Schjolberg. "Whatever applies in the conventional world can apply in an amplified way in the cyberworld," he added. The meeting decided to set up five working groups to examine possible legislative and technical measures, more international cooperation and reinforcing finance and security infrastructure. Toure said the experts were aiming to report on their findings next March, and he would introduce recommendations on concrete steps at an ITU council meeting in September 2008. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Cyberwar - Internet Security News - Systems and Policy Issues
Cyberspace Expert Briefs AFA Conference Attendees
Washington DC (AFPN) Oct 02, 2007"The first battle in the wars of the future will be over the control of cyberspace," said Dr. Lani Kass at the Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 26 in Washington. Ms. Kass, a special assistant to the Air Force chief of staff, has long been an expert on cyberspace and regularly advises Air Force leaders on operations in that domain. |
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