Octopus Interface Conference 2010 — Cooperation against cybercrime

The agenda of the conference covered the following issues:

Outlook

• Security and fundamental rights – what rules for the internet?
• Security and privacy in the clouds

Update

• The Convention on Cybercrime and its Protocol
• Legislative developments around the world
• The Project on Cybercrime
• EuroDIG and the Internet Governance Forum

Focus

Workshops on:

• Effective measures against the sexual exploitation and abuse of children on the internet 
• The Convention on Cybercrime as a global framework
• Cybercrime training for judges and prosecutors
• Law enforcement responsibilities: the role of high-tech crime units, CERTs/CSIRTs, registries and registrars
• Mapping networks against cybercrime
• Technical cooperation against cybercrime

The conference was held in room 1 and room 2 at the Council of Europe main building (Palais).

All sessions were open to the media.

The Conference was open to those professionally involved in cybercrime matters:

• Criminal justice and law enforcement officials, including 24/7 points of contact and financial investigators
• Representatives of ministries, parliaments or other institutions involved in cybercrime legislation
• Private sector representatives, including in particular service providers and the financial sector
• International organisations
• Non-governmental organisations and researchers.

For more information, please visit the conference web page on the Council of Europe website.