OSCE-supported national expert workshop addressing terrorist use of Internet, cybercrimes and other cyber threats completed in Mongolia

ULAANBAATAR, 30 October 2014 – A two-day OSCE-supported national expert workshop addressing terrorist use of the Internet, cybercrime and other cyber threats ended today in Ulaanbaatar. The expert workshop was co-organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, and the Mongolian Law Enforcement University.

The event brought together some 30 participants, including experts from five countries and representatives of several state agencies such as the police, border protection agency, intelligence agency, court decision execution agency, national emergency management agency, general prosecutors office, supreme court, anti-corruption agency, national institute of forensic science, central bank authority and the Mongolian Law Enforcement University.

The workshop sessions facilitated discussion among experts and government authorities on lessons learned in investigations in the field of countering the use of the Internet for terrorist purposes as well as counter-narrative strategies to counter extremism online. In addition, discussions touched upon current threats and trends in cybercrime, national cybercrime legislations and challenges, best practices and lessons learned in cybercrime investigations and international co-operation.

 “In order to effectively counter terrorism on the Internet and cybercrime, it is necessary to actively unify and harmonize the national legislation of governments in these areas, and thus provide for a more effective correlation of anti-terrorism and anti-cybercrime measures taken on the national, regional and international arenas”, said Bat-Erdene.B, Vice-President of the Law Enforcement University of Mongolia.

Bat-Erdene.B also stressed the importance of the specialised training for the law enforcement in this field and the co-operation between relevant government agencies.

Ben Hiller, Cyber Security Officer of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, said: “Cyber-threats are a quintessential 21st century challenge. Global in nature, virtually untraceable, eminently deniable, with perpetrators that can be state actors or not, many or few, are acting directly or indirectly, and can be stationed anywhere”.