A/67/167 electronic communications operators in order to ensure that adequate policies, processes, programmes and controls are in place to properly handle electronic communications security incidents. Researching international concepts regarding global threats, the specific vulnerabilities of information systems and best practices in terms of mechanisms of information, as well as expert knowledge-sharing with other international organizations, are considered to be relevant in order to strengthen the security of global information and telecommunications systems. Multilateral conventions to address cooperation on, and forensic approaches to, information and communications security incidents in cyberspace, as well as information sharing on malware databases, could prove to be useful instruments for strengthening global information security. Ukraine [Original: Russian] [31 May 2012] General appreciation of the issues of information security The rapid introduction of information and communications technologies into all spheres of life and the globalization of information links have led to a worldwide shift of unlawful activities into cyberspace. Today computer crime, also known as cybercrime, for which State borders do not exist, threatens not only the rights and freedoms of individuals but also the national interests and security of States. In recent years there has been a marked rise in computer attacks against critical national infrastructure, causing damage to States through the distortion of important information and the disruption of production processes at factories, the supply of utilities and energy, and transportation systems. An assessment of cybercrime in 2011 in individual States in which the information systems of State bodies and agencies were the targets of hacker attacks that blocked their activities reveals the enormous threat that cyberattacks pose to society and the unpredictability of their consequences. Efforts taken at the national level to strengthen information security and promote international cooperation in that field Some developed countries have addressed these threats by establishing national anti-cybercrime systems headed by a single coordinating body. This approach makes it possible to effectively pool the strengths and resources of the relevant governmental and non-governmental entities to counter and neutralize cybersecurity threats. This was one of the main considerations guiding the review of approaches to assessing new threats and challenges, including in the sphere of information security, the organization of high-level State events on the establishment of a single nationwide anti-cybercrime system, the drafting of a bill on cybersafety and the establishment and strengthening of cooperation with foreign intelligence services and law enforcement agencies. 16 12-43414