STANDARDIZATION IN COMBATING CYBERCRIME AREA

Abstract

Cybercrime is an area where improving the effectiveness and interaction of law enforcementagencies is becoming increasingly important today. Standards, understood as technical documentscontaining rules, guidelines or definitions, can be used for this purpose. The article characterisesthe different standards and the standardisation organisations responsible for their development. Itthen presents the common standards operating in the field of cybercrime, in particular, those thatcan be implemented by any organisation that decides to take steps for a so-called 'incidentresponse'. Against this backdrop, a standard linked to the conduct of criminal investigations ischaracterised in more detail, which provides guidance for the handling of digital evidence and canbe used by police organisations to increase the effectiveness of their operations and improveinteroperability. Finally, the results of a study on priority standardisation domains in the area ofcybercrime were presented. These domains were developed based on standardisation proposalsmade by law enforcement representatives from European countries and then prioritised in terms ofimportance and urgency. The resulting recommendations should serve as a basis forstandardisation work in the near future.