Action Item
7. Strengthen public-private
partnerships and other liaison
efforts in combating cybercrime.
Links to operational framework:
P1; O3; E5
Sucess Indicators
Planned Timeline
- More public-private partnerships Ongoing.
and liaison channels on operational
matters concerning cybercrime.
- More data sources on cybercrime
threats and trends with links to
Canada.
Description: No single organization holds all of the requisite information to fully comprehend,
keep pace with and combat cybercrime. Cybercrime is vast in scope and magnitude, and requires
public and private sector organizations to work together and share information on new and
emerging cybercrime threats.
To address this requirement, the RCMP will continue to expand its public-private partnerships
and liaison efforts in combating cybercrime. The RCMP will build stronger partnerships with key
cybercrime-fighting organizations, such as the United States National Cyber-Forensics & Training
Alliance (NCFTA), the NCFTA Canada, and organizations in Canada’s critical infrastructure
industries to develop a more comprehensive understanding of major cybercrime threats and ways
to address them.
8. Examine ways to enhance
the CAFC as a trusted data and
intelligence source on financiallymotivated cybercrimes.
Links to operational framework:
P1; O1; O2; O3; E3; E5
- Analyze and disrupt a wider
spectrum of financially-motivated
cybercrime threats.
- Improve victim-based reporting
of financially-motivated
cybercrime incidents.
Ongoing.
Description: The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) plays an important role in analyzing and
mitigating online fraud by working with Canadian police services and industry to disrupt criminal
adversaries in cyberspace. Financially-motivated cybercrimes, however, are not limited to fraud,
and require law enforcement to consider other offences.
To address this requirement, the CAFC will examine requirements to address a wider spectrum
of financially-motivated cybercrime threats, such as reported cybercrime incidents involving
intellectual property infringements and identity theft. The CAFC will also examine ways to expand
its intake capabilities for victim-based reporting of suspected cybercrime incidents and improve its
police information sharing on cybercrime activities and trends. The RCMP will also examine the
role of the CAFC in the context of Federal Policing’s overall intake framework, including potential
links to National Police Services.
Royal Canadian Mounted Police Cybercrime Strategy
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