Sydney conference to combat cybercrime

Stuart Corner
Monday, 08 June 2009 07:40

IT Industry - Strategy

Cybercrime experts, including representatives of the US Secret Service, will confer with Australian law enforcers, government, the judiciary and the legal profession at the Australian High Tech Crime Conference next week at the University of Technology, Sydney.

The conference has been convened by the Australian Federal Police, the Communications Law Centre in the UTS Faculty of Law and the Australian Institute of Criminology. It will consider the emerging issues in cybercrime and the means of successfully prosecuting offenders across national boundaries.

Director of the Communications Law Centre, professor Michael Fraser, said the conference was intended to help all stakeholders understand the issues across jurisdictions, and exchange effective methodologies between agencies. "There is a lot of work to be done in addressing...very ingenious and fast moving [cybercriminals]. Evidence gathering is a challenge, due to the dynamic, ever-changing nature of the Internet and the difficulty of gathering evidence that can be used in court.

"By definition, cyber criminals do not respect any borders or jurisdictional boundaries, so cooperation and coordination is of the essence. Another issue is the active tension between liberties, freedoms and enforcement. While the community must be protected, our valuable liberties and rights must also be fully respected. It is obviously very difficult to maintain a proper balance."

The conference to be held from Tuesday to Thursday (9 to 11 June) at the Faculty of Law on the UTS Haymarket campus. However according to its web site "Due to an overwhelming number of registrations...registration has now closed." All is not lost though, would-be attendants are invited to contact Federal Agent Schiliro on 02 6246 2224 or send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for consideration.