CyberEast – Action on Cybercrime for Cyber Resilience in the Eastern Partnership region

The joint European Union/Council of Europe project aims at adopting legislative and policy frameworks compliant to the Budapest Convention on Cybercrime and related instruments, reinforcing the capacities of judicial and law enforcement authorities and interagency cooperation, and increasing efficient international cooperation and trust on criminal justice, cybercrime and electronic evidence, including between service providers and law enforcement.

Objectives

The objective of the programme is to increase and enhance the cyber-resilience and criminal justice capacities of the Eastern Partner countries to better address the challenges of cyber threats and improve their overall security. 

Activities

The project carries out the following activities:

• Legislative and policy frameworks and compliance with the Budapest Convention, including through:
  – Assessment of compliance with Budapest Convention on Cybercrime through country assessments 
  – Contribution to the development/update of cybercrime strategies and action plans 
  – Preparation of country and regional reports on cybercrime and cybersecurity trends and threats 
  – High-level regional and national meetings of criminal justice authorities and policy makers to assess key issues
• Reinforcement of the capacities of judicial and law enforcement authorities and interagency cooperation, including through:
  – Assessment of the institutional setup, capacities, competencies, training needs as well as interagency cooperation gaps and opportunities for cybercrime units in region 
  – Contribution to update and/or development of training plans for cybercrime units 
  – Training sessions, case simulation exercises and mock trials on cybercrime investigations and digital forensics 
  – Development of agreed procedures for cybercrime/incident reporting and sharing of data by Computer Security Incidents Response Teams (CSIRTs) with criminal justice authorities 
• To increase efficient international cooperation and trust on criminal justice, cybercrime and electronic evidence, including between service providers and law enforcement, including through:
  – Development of guidelines for mutual legal assistance requests for criminal cases involving cybercrime and electronic evidence 
  – Workshops, trainings and simulations for improvement of skills, set-up and competencies of 24/7 points of contact 
  – Training sessions for cybercrime units and prosecutors on use of templates for international requests for data preservation and subscriber information 
  – Case simulation exercises developing skills for international cooperation on cybercrime 
  – Support for cooperation agreements between law enforcement and criminal justice authorities 
  – Workshops for development of standard templates and procedures for access to data held by private sector entities
  – Support to public-private dialogue on cooperation