India's Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Thursday urged the Interpol member countries to set up an international organisation for cyber safety, and took the initiative of proposing a five-step solution to combat cyber related crimes more efficiently.
'There is a need for an international organisation for safety in cyber space on the lines of ICAO and ITU - agencies in civil aviation and telecommunications sectors to deal with cyber crimes,' the CBI said at the 7th international conference on cyber crimes here that security agencies, representatives of several countries and IT firms attended.
Rakesh Aggarwal, superintendent of police with the CBI, pointed out that there have been flaws in procedural applications, capacity building and partnership with other agencies.
'Cyber crime is borderless, the solutions are often local or at best regional. The problem is quite often considered purely a technical one, expecting technology alone to provide a solution and ignoring the problem of management of cyber spaces,' Aggarwal said in his presentation.
He noted that there are significant legal disparities on what constitutes cyber crime and how and when evidence is to be collected and shared with foreign countries.
'The existing mechanism of international cooperation, including Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties (MLATs) and Letters Rogatory (LRs) for the purpose of collection of evidence, 24x7 contact points such as Interpol and G-8 networks for police-to-police cooperation are inadequate and insufficient,' the police officer said.
India's premier investigating agency also stressed that the private sector is often guilty of not reporting cyber crimes and patching the vulnerabilities with quick-fix solutions.
'On the other hand, public sector perhaps due to mistrust fails to take full advantage of technical expertise available with the private sector,' he said.
The CBI also proposed five-step solutions before the Interpol member countries in tackling cyber crime.
The steps include a comprehensive multilateral treaty on e-commerce, standardisation of procedural obligations and capacity building where countries can be divided into three categories - those which are in information Super Highway, those which are in the process of doing so, and those which are yet to effectively participate in this revolution.
'The other two proposed plans include partnership with other agencies, private sectors and a high-level monitoring agency,' Aggarwal said.
The three-day conference, which began Wednesday, is being attended by representatives from 37 countries, EUROPOL, UNODC, UNICR, Council of Europe, multinational IT firms, Indian state-run firms and the department of electronics.
Over 40 senior police officers from 20 Indian states are also participating in the conference.
Source: www.indiaenews.com
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