these must be balanced with the importance of sharing information to support our collective efforts to address the cybercrime challenge.  Enhanced collaboration and co-operation among stakeholders The PPP framework will facilitate collaboration and co-operation amongst stakeholders, including the private sector in the area of cyber security in general and protection of critical information infrastructure, particularly actions related to cyber threats, vulnerabilities, breaches, protective measures and adoption of best practices. 7.5 PRIORITY NO 5: IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION ON CYBERCRIME Cybercrime is an international problem which requires a coordinated and co-operative international response. While Governments can regulate within their own borders, they cannot regulate externally. There is a need to ensure that countries are able to support the fight against cybercrime and that there are international standards for operational work. International cooperation is most easily facilitated where different legislative systems have common offences which allow for the investigation and prosecution of an offence regardless of the jurisdiction it may have been committed in or wherever the evidence of an offence may be located. Common offences also allow for the possibility of extradition by providing for dual criminality requirements. One commonly experienced difficulty is in making requests for data to other law enforcement agencies or data owners outside the country. This process varies in its success, speed and complexity dependent on the country, or more frequently the company concerned. Many exchanges are facilitated by personal contacts or the reputation of the organisation or individual requesting the data. The success of a request is not always dependent on whether a country has signed an international convention or agreement which indicates it will provide the co-operation sought. Criminals are increasingly making use of a variety of technical communication methods for the facilitation of offences and also for the purpose of criminal communications. Tracing the source of communications is essential to trace the offender identity and as intelligence. These communications may be made via ISPs in any part of the world. If any jurisdiction makes it more difficult for law enforcement to obtain details of information, such as subscriber information, then investigations and possible prosecutions will potentially falter. Our purpose is to identify and reduce barriers to swift and effective international co-operation in response to cybercrime. This can be done through mutual legal assistance, which consists of cooperation between different countries for the purpose of gathering and exchanging information, and requesting and providing assistance in obtaining electronic evidence. 21 | P a g e