Tools and Technology

Tools and Technology

Technology can be a weapon used by criminals, a defense against those

criminals, and a tool to help catch them. This working group will address all of

these aspects of technology and more.

Tools and Technologies as Weapons:

Each of these tools delivers different

levels of threat and requires different countermeasures or defenses. The group

will define the threats that a broad range of cyber

weapons pose. This will include:

• Developing a threat based classification method for cyber-weapons

• Developing a taxonomy for describing cyber-weapons

• Defining the graph axis that would help illustrate or contrast cyber-weapons, the

threats they pose, the increase or decrease of their popularity, and their evolution.

Tools and Technology as Defenses:

Each of these tools and technologies

deliver different levels of defense and are effective against a set of known or

unknown threats. The group will define the general defensive tools and

technologies that exist and attempt to assess their effectiveness against cyber-

weapons. This will include:

• Developing a classification method for defensive tools and technologies.

• Developing a taxonomy for describing defensive tools and technologies

• Defining the graph axis that would illustrate or contrast defensive technologies,

the threats they address, the increase or decrease of their popularity, and their

evolution.

Electronic Crime Partnership Initiative

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