European Electronic Crime Task Force

The European Electronic Crime Task Force (EECTF) is an information sharing initiative,[1][2][3][4] created in 2009 by an agreement[5][6][7] between the United States Secret Service, the Italian Ministry of Internal Affairs and Poste Italiane. The EECTF's mission is "to support the analysis and the development of best practices against cybercrime in European countries, through the creation of a strategic alliance between public and private sectors, including Law Enforcement,[4] the financial sector,[8][9] academia,[1][10][11] international institutions,[12][13][14] and ICT security vendors".[15]

European
Electronic Crime Task Force
FoundedJune 30, 2009 (2009-06-30)
Founder
TypeInformation Sharing Working Group
FocusElectronic Crimes in Europe
Location
Members
  • 3 Founder Members
  • 19 Permanent Members
  • Community of Experts (more than 400 professionals)
Key people
Vanes Montanari, VP Security and Safety Poste Italiane - EECTF Chairman

Accordingly, the EECTF aims to help the cyber security community by:

  • Strengthening relationships between the different players;
  • Training and supporting members through sharing[12][16][17][18] expertise and knowledge;
  • Enabling an effective communication channel for information exchange;
  • Maintaining co-operation[19] on a technical and operational level.

History

The EECTF was established on June 30, 2009, by an agreement between the United States Secret Service, the Italian Ministry of Internal Affairs and Poste Italiane, on the basis of the successful experiences of analogous ECTFs founded in the US by the Secret Service.

The United States Secret Service participates through its Rome office, the Italian Ministry of Interior participates through the Service of Postal and Telecommunications Police and Poste Italiane participates through the Information Security Department.

Initially restricted only to the only Founder Members, the EECTF was opened up thereafter to the main stakeholders in cybercrime, who expressed the will to contribute to a proactive sharing of relevant information. A Permanent Members Group has been started, which gathers to analyze emerging trends in cyber-crime and to discuss methodologies and techniques to combat them.[20][21][22][23]

Governance

The EECTF is not a legal entity, it is a working group created on a voluntary basis, which has been governed since its creation by the EECTF Board made up of the three Founder Members: the United States Secret Service, represented by the special agent in charge of the Rome office, the Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni, represented by the head of service and Poste Italiane, represented by the CEO. Poste Italiane has chaired the EECTF Board since its inception. The chairman of the EECTF is Mr. Vanes Montanari, VP Security and Safety at Poste Italiane.

Administrative and operational activities are accomplished by the EECTF Technical Secretariat, held by Poste Italiane.

Modus operandi

The EECTF is run via monthly meetings of a select group of permanent members, quarterly open events extended to a wide community of selected experts and continuous sharing of information relevant to cybercrime and through dedicated specific tools.

Permanent members include internationally acknowledged organizations, both private and public, with a broad view on prevention, analysis and contrast of electronic crimes at European level, whose competencies might represent instances coming from whole domains of interest.

Permanent Members formally commit to proactively share information with other members of the group in a non-competitive environment, according to a non-disclosure agreement, and to actively contribute to the EECTF's activities, taking part to meetings and supporting the EECTF's development.

Additionally, in order to make the most out of the competencies of the whole EECTF community, an Expert Group has been started, which gathers on a periodic basis and is restricted to Permanent Members. It focuses on technical information sharing about new threats and possible countermeasures.

Constituency

The EECTF is made up of the following organizations:

MemberSectorCountryStatusSince
ABI Lab[9][24]Research and InnovationItalyPermanent Member2013
American Express[8]Payment Systems and Financial ServicesItalyPermanent Member2010
Bulgarian PoliceLaw Enforcement AgenciesBulgariaPermanent Member2011
CA TechnologiesICT Private SectorItalyPermanent Member2012
ConsipPublic AdministrationItalyPermanent Member2013
CitibankPayment Systems and Financial ServicesUnited StatesPermanent Member2011
Global Cyber Security Center[25]Research and InnovationItalyPermanent Member2010
Italian Ministry of Economy and FinancePublic AdministrationItalyPermanent Member2011
Kaspersky GreatICT Private SectorRomania / ItalyPermanent Member2011
MasterCardPayment Systems and Financial ServicesItalyPermanent Member2012
NTT DataICT Private SectorItalyPermanent Member2013
Polizia Postale e delle Comunicazioni - Polizia di StatoLaw Enforcement AgenciesItalyFounder Member2009
Poste ItalianePayment Systems and Financial ServicesItalyFounder Member and Chairman2009
Romanian PoliceLaw Enforcement AgenciesRomaniaPermanent Member2011
RSA - EMC2[15]ICT Private SectorUnited States / ItalyPermanent Member2010
Selex ESICT Private SectorItalyPermanent Member2013
SymantecICT Private SectorItalyPermanent Member2011
UniCreditPayment Systems and Financial ServicesItalyPermanent Member2012
UNICRI - United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research InstituteResearch and InnovationGlobalPermanent Member2011
United States Secret ServiceLaw Enforcement AgenciesUnited StatesFounder Member2009
VerizonICT Private SectorUnited StatesPermanent member2010
Visa EuropePayment Systems and Financial ServicesUKPermanent Member2011

EECTF Community and Plenary Meetings

With the aim of aggregating all the potentially valuable stakeholders, an invitation-only Community of Experts has been set up as a public interface of the Permanent Members Group. It is made up of acknowledged professionals and organizations who are distinguished as active contributors in the field of prevention and contrast of electronic crime. The EECTF gathers in periodic plenary meetings, organized to focus on general trends in cybercrime and security issues of current interest. More than 10 Plenary Meetings have been organized so far, as listed below.

Plenary Meetings
IJune 30, 2009The European Electronic Crime Task Force
II[26]March 16, 2010Successful Cybercrime Investigations
IIIJune 24, 2010International Funds Transfer and cooperation with LEAs
IV[27]February 10, 2011Trends in Cybercrime and Cyberthreats: Europe and the United States
V[28]May 18, 2011Identity theft: Malware, Botnet & Social Networking
VINovember 15, 2011Cybercrime Underground Economy
VIIMarch 6, 2012Advanced Persistent Threats: Attacks to Corporate Information Systems
VIIIJuly 18, 2012Secure Identities in Cyberspace
IX[11]November 29, 2012Security of Innovative Payment Systems
X[29][30]April 23, 2013CERTs and International Cooperation Networks
XINovember 5, 2013Security of Internet Payments and Online Services
XIIMarch 31, 2015New Trends in Cyber Crime

Past speakers include:

Additionally, a monthly newsletter, CyberNews, is published within the community, to point out the most relevant events and trends in the cybercrime scenario.

See also

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