Shedding light on the “Dark side”– Cyberspace and the future of security.
Managing cyber threats to society from the “hidden” Internet.
Changes in technology, society and in the law make new crimes possible. Attitudes are changing too. The implications of these shifts are complex. This is clearly seen in the way law enforcement and businesses have had to adapt to deal with risks and opportunities presented by an ever-changing internet.
The Internet and social media have been used by criminals to carry out recruitment, solicit illegal business, and perpetrate fraud, among others. The Darknet is a part of the Internet where individuals can interact anonymously online. The Internet and the Darknet within it have enabled an unprecedented globalization of crime, allowing criminals to carry out illegal business anonymously around the world, often undetected by the authorities. Darknet marketplaces are increasingly used to profit from proceeds of crime and procure illicit drugs, weapons and counterfeit identity documents, benefiting the perpetrators of terrorism, illicit markets, organised crime and a myriad of other transnational crimes.
As such, many security and law enforcement leaders have stated that the emergence of the Darknet as a trading platform will see investigations focus on the clandestine corner of the internet, where criminals hide behind encryption and anonymization technology. New policing tools are needed to leverage on social media to prevent and detect crimes. The future of law enforcement must adapt to a changing policing environment and societal scrutiny.
How can law enforcement better understand the impact of the underground economy online? How can we build better capabilities to understand and solve crimes that exploit social fault lines? What are the underlying social and technological causes of cybercrime that law enforcement needs to understand, to mitigate its effect effectively? How do criminals exploit the Darknet to enhance their criminality, coordinate, recruit and spread their ideology? What risks and opportunities lie in emerging technology in Cyberspace?
Managing cyber threats require addressing critical issues that law enforcement face in trying to make cyberspace safer for its users. The issues include policies, policing skills/techniques, public education and also legislation.
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Prevention – Getting smarter, faster and more precise.
Preparing strategies, approach and tactics for securing urban centers and global cities of the future.
Digital technologies today are compressing the reaction time of police all over the world. It has set the stage for technologies such as social media, analytics and mobile to become game-changing forces for policing in the future. While technology alone is not the answer, there is now a growing consensus that technology transformation must be part of the overall solution. To keep our cities and citizens safe, law enforcement must be armed with the right technology tools as well as the right processes, behaviour and culture to solve – or even prevent – the toughest crimes at faster rates.
By 2020, the urban population is set to increase to more than 70% of the world’s population. Driven by the need to stay connected, the ever-flowing transfusion of data and information can be the lifeline that keep cities safe, as long as threats are detected quick enough so that safeguards are in place, and counter measures are robust.
As the world urbanises, and cities move towards a “Smart City” vision, enabled by big data, network of sensors and the Internet of Things (IOTs), the magnitude of security risks and their frequency will inevitably change as will the nature of policing.
Digital technologies are already changing response time, crime prevention and investigations, and will continue to be a game-changing force for policing in the future. How police better coordinate, command and control critical resources and make quick sense of an explosion of information in crisis situations and emergencies is therefore critical in this regard.
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Identity management and detection in a borderless world.
Law enforcement, migration and border management in an age of globalization.
While technology advancements have enabled immigration and law enforcement agencies to cope with an increasingly challenging operating reality, technology has also enabled those seeking to circumvent border controls through the use of false identities, counterfeit travel documents and more to pursue illegal immigration, transnational organised crimes and/or terrorism.
Even as governments tighten immigration and border controls, there is currently no single universal standard pertaining to the identification, verification and validation of an individual’s identity. These are subjected to individual countries’ passport identification systems, SOPs and standards. The varying standards across the globe have resulted in gaps, which criminals and terrorists alike can exploit to commit crimes and acts of terrorism using a false or stolen identity.
The spill-over effects of this extends beyond border control challenges. Digitalisation has led to an increased use of identity-related information. Major parts of our economies and delivery of government services depend on the processing of electronic data by automated systems. Having access to identity-related information enables offenders to participate in wide areas of social life.
The abundance of personal information placed online (i.e., social media sites) has also made identity theft increasingly common and easy. Identity thefts are also conducted through phishing, data pharming and the use of spywares. The rise of identity theft made it increasingly difficult to prevent unauthorised transactions, access to information resources and installations, facilitating unlawful or cybercriminal activities across borders.
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09.00 – 09.10 |
Opening Address by INTERPOL |
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09.10 – 09.30 |
Keynote Dr Narjess Abdennebi, Chief Faciliation Section, International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) |
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09.30 – 10.15 |
INTERPOL World Dialogue Moderated by Panelists |
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10.15 – 10.45 |
Coffee Break |
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10.45 – 11.00 |
Strategic Perspective |
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11.00 – 11.15 |
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11.15 – 11.30 |
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11.30 – 12.15 |
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12.15 – 14.00 |
Lunch |
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14.00 – 14.30 |
Operational Perspective |
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14.30 – 15.00 |
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15.00 – 15.30 |
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15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee Break |
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16.00 – 16.30 |
Case Studies Dr John Coyne, Head of Border Security Program, Australian Strategic Policy Institute |
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16.30 – 17.00 |
Question-and-Answer Panelists |
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17.00 – 17.10 |
Closing Remarks |
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17.10 – 17.25 |
Closing Remarks – INTERPOL World 2017 Congress Noboru Nakatani, Executive Director, INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation |
