Security News > 2022 > February > Interpol: Policing model needs to change with cybercrime

Interpol cybercrime director Craig Jones set forward this idea at Acronis's #CyberFit Summit in Singapore on Thursday, dispelling the stereotype of a lone threat actor in a hoodie hunched over a keyboard in favour of an integrated criminal ecosystem.

"We are now looking at a business model. Because we've evolved, the criminals have evolved as well in our digital space," said Jones.

Jones said one way forward was for law enforcement to share its data, presumably with other agencies outside individual jurisdictions.

"In much the same way you as a community share data information between yourselves, law enforcement needs to do better," said the director.

"Geopolitical elements also impact our actions as well - the offensive efficiency of law enforcement to be able to take coordinated actions to prevent, detect, investigate and disrupt the cyberthreat actors. We're looking at a change in that policing model."

As a specific example of Interpol embracing this theory, Jones said the org would be growing its network, with the action operations database in Singapore expanding further into Asia and South Pacific.

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