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CSIA, BSA Applaud Senate Report
John Stith
Staff Writer
2005-12-12
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The CyberSecurity Industry Alliance and the Business Software Alliance both announced their support for the report urging ratification of the CyberCrime Treaty. The report, put out by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, advances the status of the treaty signed by the U.S. in 2001 and following the Convention on Cybercrime adoption by the Council of Europe.
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The treaty is the only international, multilateral treaty that specifically addresses the need for cooperation in the investigation and prosecution of computer network crimes. It requires global law enforcement cooperation with respect to searches and seizures and provides timely extradition for computer network based crimes covered under the treaty.
"We thank the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for its leadership in the global fight against computer-related crimes. By urging Senate ratification of the Convention on Cybercrime in its report, the Committee is taking the first step toward strengthening international cybercrime laws and empowering law enforcement authorities to protect our information-based systems," said Paul Kurtz, executive director of CSIA. "We echo the Committee's recommendation that ratification of the Convention on Cybercrime is in the best interest of the United States and urge the Senate to promptly move forward with its consideration of this important treaty."
"Every step we can take to harmonize international law to better enable law enforcement to apprehend cyber criminals is a step in the right direction," said Robert Holleyman, President and CEO of BSA. "Today's global, internet-enabled crimes call for greater global cooperation among nations and we applaud the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for their leadership in bringing this to the attention of the full Senate for ratification."
Ratification of the Cybercrime Treaty would minimize obstacles to international cooperation that currently impede U.S. investigations and prosecutions of computer-related crimes, making it an important tool in the global fight against those who seek to disrupt computer networks, misuse private or sensitive information, or commit more traditional crimes using Internet-enabled technologies. To date, eleven of the 42 countries that have signed the treaty have completed their ratification process.
As various statistics come in for the year of 2005, one thing is more than apparent. Cybercrime is a multibillion-dollar business and is going nowhere but up. It's important for nations of the world including the U.S. to make sure this issue is hammered on because it is a major problem and no one is safe, not even the companies that design the protections.
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John is a staff writer for SecurityProNews covering cyber security.
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