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Fighting Cybercrime: A Joint Effort

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This chapter describes the fight against cybercrime from a European perspective. Law enforcement agencies always have had an important role when it comes to fighting crime. However, in this digital era, several problems hamper the effectiveness of the police combating crime. Therefore, the first part of this chapter describes the difficulties the police have in fighting cybercrime. The second part of the chapter focuses on one of the strategies to overcome some of these difficulties, namely forming alliances with private institutes. This joint-up approach is mostly realized by public–private partnerships (PPPs), consisting of formalized cooperation between governmental authorities and important stakeholders. Cooperation between governmental and private actors is no sinecure, as will appear from a public administration perspective. Successful cooperation depends on several factors, which will be theoretically described and practically illustrated. Conclusively, the discussion paragraph handles the common dilemma of the extent to which the government should play a leading role in the fight against (cyber) crime.

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Notes

  1. 1.

    This section is based on Leukfeldt et al. (2013a, b) and Veenstra et al. (2014), studies which describe the functioning of law enforcement agencies when handling cybercrimes.

  2. 2.

    Nowadays, CPNI is part of the Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).

  3. 3.

    ENISA is an agency of the European Union, serving as expertise center for the European Union Member States and European institutions.

  4. 4.

    ISACs are not typically Dutch, but an international phenomenon.

  5. 5.

    This refers to a consensus model, which reflects the striving for consensus in Dutch politics and society.

Abbreviations

CERT:

Computer and Emergency Response Team

CPNI:

Centre for Protection of the National Infrastructure

DDoS:

Distributed Denial of Service

ECTF:

Electronic Crimes Task Force

ENISA:

European Network and Information Security Agency

GOVCERT:

Government Computer Emergency Response Teams

IP:

Internet Protocol

ISAC:

Information Sharing and Analysis Center

ISP:

Internet Service Provider

NCSC:

National Cyber Security Centre

NPM:

New Public Management

NSP:

National Skimming Point

PPP:

Public–Private Partnership

SME:

Small and Medium-sized Enterprise

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    S. Boes & E. R. Leukfeldt

  2. Police Academy, Apeldoorn, The Netherlands

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Boes, S., Leukfeldt, E.R. (2017). Fighting Cybercrime: A Joint Effort. In: Clark, R., Hakim, S. (eds) Cyber-Physical Security. Protecting Critical Infrastructure, vol 3. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32824-9_9

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