EURIM Working Group on E-Crime

Introduction and Terms of Reference

This group is leading work on the establishment of an E-crime Reduction Partnership, the objectives of which are:

• to cut online crime and nuisance;

• to reduce risk and increase and awareness; and

• to increase UK business and consumer confidence in the safety and security of the on-line world in order to establish UK leadership in Internet policing/governance in line with the position of London as the leading global hub for international financial services, trade, commerce and dispute resolution.

The programme is designed to lift the level of political and corporate commitment from reactive information security to a mainstream strategic confidence building and marketing exercise. At the same time political briefing sessions will be held to highlight the activities of those trying to overcome the current fragmentation of initiatives at the operational level, and to provide a neutral venue for strategic debate across organisational boundaries where this would be helpful.

Work on individual aspects will be led by those best placed to deliver while avoiding bureaucratic interference with business and communication.  Co-operation by the partners is intended to guarantee comprehensiveness and access to information and advice for citizens and all business users.

• Formation of an E-Crime Reduction Partnership in the context of the UK-IGF, working as part of a three-way partnership with the police central e-crime unit and fraud authority and beginning with pilot exercises in spring 2009 to test the approach and gain traction.
• Political briefings on relevant issues, activities and progress, including (in co-operation with the Communications Group) RIPA, the Interception Modernisation Programme and the Cybersecurity of the Olympics.
• A subgroup chaired by Margaret Moran, with Lucy Fairbrother as rapporteur will produce political briefings, materials and events, on on-line protection issues, initiatives and progress, including for use at the Internet Governance Forum.

• The group will also provide evidence and responses to relevant Parliamentary Committees including the Home Affairs, Justice and Business Select Committees.

Progress to date:

1) Ministers have agreed a three-legged national e-crime strategy: the Police Central E-Crime Unit (PCEU), Fraud Authority and e-Crime Reduction Partnership, this may be publicly announced before the summer recess.

2) On 30th March the group agreed to plan a first meeting of the "Partnership" in June/July to which the previous members of the Internet Crime Forum and other relevant groups will be invited.

The "Partnership" would then be tasked "help" the PCEU, SOCA, Fraud Centre and others (CESG, Home Office, BERR, DCMS) with a non-exclusive first-stop-shop for relations with industry partners (shared meetings on similar topics to saving time and effort on all sides) as well as providing a framework for self-tasking groups to address shared concerns.

Possible self-tasking group meetings for the launch event might include at least two or three from: 

• Intelligence Sharing: including definitions and notification/collation routines.

• Forensics: including standards, qualifications and training.

• Information Security Awareness.

• Small Firms (in co-operation with Business Crime Reduction Centre and others).

• First/Single Points of Contact between industry and law enforcement (including, but not just, communications data).

• Internet Governance issues: including, but not just, DNS cleansing.

• Child Protection.

• Skills and Processes.

A subsequent mailing to the group has already found volunteers to help organise planning meetings for half of these.

The Information Security Awareness Forum is expected to announce at least one of the joint projects at Infosec.

Forthcoming Meetings

Recent Meetings

Date	Subject	Papers
30 Nov 09	Group Meeting	Summary Report
30 Mar 09	Group Meeting

Group Outputs (Papers & Briefings)

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