Cybersecurity
INTERPOL World 2015 will focus on four key domains and one of them is Cybersecurity.
The Internet has created borderless societies, providing unprecedented opportunities to generate wealth and stimulate economies. It has become part of daily life for citizens worldwide who communicate via e-mail and social networks, carry out banking transactions and use payment cards to shop online. The increasing reliance on the Internet has also created unexpected vulnerabilities that allow coordinated and complex attacks to happen within minutes.
The complexity of the cyber threat landscape requires high-level technical expertise and large-scale cross-jurisdictional investigations to combat cybercrime effectively.
The creation of the INTERPOL Global Complex for Innovation (IGCI) will seek to build strategic alliances among law enforcement, public institutions, the private sector and academia to help national law enforcement agencies keep abreast of the latest technology trends, criminal modus operandi and to develop new effective countermeasures.
COST OF CYBERCRIME SOARS
- A form of crime with a global cost greater than that of trafficking in marijuana, heroin and cocaine with an estimated one cybercrime victim in every three Internet users.
- Cyber warfare and cybercrime are a growing threat, now more than ever.
- The consumer shift towards the interconnectivity of personal computers, tablets and mobile phones is creating new opportunities for criminals to access critical personal data, on top of the increasing number of devices connected to the Internet.
- The global cybersecurity market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11.8 per cent from USD 71 billion in 2013 to USD 155 billion in 2020. (Frost & Sullivan Global Cybersecurity Market Assessment, 2014)
