OSCE regional training course in Kyrgyzstan focuses on combating cybercrime through computer forensics and network investigation
BISHKEK, 10 November 2014 – A five-day regional training course on combating cybercrime in Central Asia through computer forensics and investigating networks started today in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
The event is co-organized by the Transnational Threats Department of the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, with the support of the OSCE Academy and the Kyrgyz Ministry of Interior.
Some 15 law-enforcement representatives from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, and Tajikistan will take part in the course with an emphasis on computer forensics and the technical aspects of investigating cybercrime.
The practical training, using European Cybercrime Training Education Group (ECTEG) material on computer forensics and network investigations will be led by Raymond Genoe and Fergus Toolan from the Centre for Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Investigations at University College Dublin.
The training course focuses on enhancing the capacities of law enforcement agencies in Central Asia when investigating cross-border cases related to cybercrime or involving digital evidence and digital investigation. The course places emphasis on IT and computer forensics as well as supporting investigators in networking at the regional level.
“This training course intends not only to invest into the knowledge base of our law-enforcement partners in the fight against cybercrime, but also find its practical niche in the whole issue which has been discussed at all levels of governance,” said Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek. “We expect that it will enhance cyber security and the prosecution of crimes, which committed through the Internet.”
Erwann Tor, OSCE Police Affairs Officer and Adviser on the fight Against Cybercrime, said: “With this training we want to provide a platform for enhancing technical skills of law enforcement entities as well as the identification of ‘points of contacts’, which could be always available to trace communications in fast-moving cases.”
This is the second event hosted by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek on combating cybercrime. The first one, focusing on the international legal framework, was hosted with the support of the Eurasian Group on combatting cybercrime and money laundering for financial intelligence units and the private sector from five Central Asia states, Belarus, China, India and Russia.