Cybersecurity v' Cybercriminality

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Cybersecurityv.Cybercriminality

• Erkki Liikanen
• Member of the European Commission
• Conference IT Security Russia
• Moscow, 4 April 2003

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Policy areas
Cybercrime
Network information security
Malicious Code
Hacking
Denial of Service Attack
Identity- theft
Data retention
Intrusion
Data protection / Telecom framework
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Cybersecurity initiatives (1)

• Examples of EU initiatives related to
  cyber-security
• Data Protection Directives 1995, 1997, 2002
• Electronic Signatures Directive 1999
• Electronic Commerce Directive 2000
• Communication on Network and Information
  Security, June 2001
• e-Europe Action Plans

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e-Europe 2005 Action Plan
Policy Measures
Benchmarking
E-Government
E-Health
E-Learning
E-Business
Broadband (wired, wireless), multi-platform (PC,
TV, mobile, )
Security
Good Practice
Steering Group
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Cybersecurity Initiatives (2)

• Safer Internet Action Plan
• Network Information Security Agency
• Commission proposal February 2003
• Assistance in application EU measures
• Advice co-ordination
• Data collection analysis
• Centre of competence

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Cybercrime Initiatives (1)

• International policy-making fora
• Council of Europe
• G8
• European Union
• Communication on Creating a safer Information
  Society by improving the security of information
  infrastructures and combating computer-related
  crime, January 2001

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Cybercrime Initiatives (2)

• Framework Decision on Attacks against Information
  Systems, April 2003
• Illegal access, malicious code, d.o.s.
• 24/7 Network
• EU Forum on Cybercrime
• plenary sessions
• expert meetings
• web-site

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5th framework Programme

• 75 projects on security (80 M)
• biometrics, advanced cryptography, privacy
  enhancing, tamper proof devices, authentication
  technologies, access control, smart cards, etc.
• 16 projects dependability (28 M)
• attack tolerance for largely distributed systems
• interdependencies electric and telecom grids
• stability of cellular networks
• intelligent agents to enhance survivability of
  large critical infrastructures

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Ambient intelligence
Around us ...
Micro-capsule
Products and equipment at the service of
individuals
inside us ?
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Dialogue with Russia

• Telecommunications
• Russia in the EU RD Programmes
• 33 Russian organisations participated in
  Framework Programme 5
• EU-Russia Action Plan for Framework Programme 6
• Research Networking
• GEANT network