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How effective is international co-operation in targeting cyber criminals?

Kirsten Doyle
By Kirsten Doyle, ITWeb contributor.
Johannesburg, 10 May 2022
Carlo Bolzonello
Carlo Bolzonello

A safe and secure Internet is critical for the basic functioning of today's economic, political and social structures. To achieve this, we need robust and effective cyber capacities, based on the co-operation of multiple international stakeholders.

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Historically, there have been multiple concepts of digital governance that have been created by a wide range of stakeholders, often in isolation. This has resulted in standards and approaches which clash, the erosion of trust and the discouragement of co-operation

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all of which have weakened the world’s ability to develop effective cyber security strategies.


On the plus side, we are starting to see a rising worldwide consensus that there is a real need for a global Internet governance model that can effectively address today’s cyber threats.

“Shared information is key to success,” says Carlo Bolzonello, country leader South Africa at Trellix, who will be speaking at the ITWeb Security Summit 2022, to be held at the Sandton Convention Centre from 31 May to 2 June.

In his talk, he will pose the question: “How effective is international co-operation in targeting cyber criminals and nation-state-backed actors?”

This is already proving successful, he says. “We have seen some large gangs related to ransomware arrested due to co-ordinated law enforcement actions.”

He cited the takedown of LabVPN a service used by cyber-criminals to facilitate their illicit activities, in January this year. This happened due to an international investigation involving the UK’s National Crime Agency and the Hanover Police Department in Germany, and led to the seizure of 15 server infrastructures around the world.

LabVPN was used by malefactors in the preparatory stages of ransomware attacks that caused significant economic harm to a wide range of businesses.

None of this would have been possible without the sharing of information and co-operation between law enforcement and other parties.

Delegates attending Bolzonello’s talk, will leave with a better understanding of how to share information to help stop cyber crimes.

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