What more can policymakers do?


Law enforcement and national security are core government functions. In both the off-line and on-line worlds, the government can best undertake this responsibility with the right laws, efforts, and information sharing practices. Policymakers should:


• Provide more resources for law enforcement to aggressively prosecute criminals globally. Congress should lead on this effort.


• Focus on identifying, sorting, and prioritizing threats and incidents conducted in cyberspace. The Administration should lead on this effort.


• Identify countries that have become safe havens for perpetrators of crime and fraud and target them for diplomatic and enforcement initiatives formulated to change their practices. The Administration should lead on this effort.


• Better leverage and build upon existing bilateral and multilateral agreements on cross- border prosecutions of crime and espionage before proposing new efforts or treaties. The Administration should lead on this effort.


• Ensure that any new bilateral or multilateral agreements, treaties, or other governance frameworks on cross-border prosecutions of crime and espionage are technology neutral and flexible enough to evolve and address emerging and new types of cyber threats. The Administration should lead on this effort.


• Authorize and deploy financial and technical assistance to developing countries to help them to improve their own enforcement efforts, such as by passing cyber crime legislation where it is needed, developing the law enforcement capability and capacity to fight cyber crime, and joining international efforts. Congress should authorize and the Administration should enable this assistance.


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