Rwanda National Police (RNP) will host the ‘Cyber Enabled Crime Table-Top Exercise’, bringing together over 100 participants from across the African region.
Introduction
Rwanda National Police (RNP) will host the ‘Cyber Enabled Crime Table-Top Exercise’, bringing together over 100 participants from across the African region.
The exercise organized by RNP in partnership with the international police organization – Interpol – will be held from August 28 to September 2, 2016.
It will be conducted under the theme: "Fighting Cyber-enabled crime through multi-disciplinary, holistic approach to prevention and mitigation.”
It seeks to improve the skills and knowledge of law enforcement agencies. It will coincide with the 18th Eastern Africa Police Chief Cooperation Organisation-Annual General Meeting (EAPCCO-AGM), which will also be held in the City of Kigali under the theme: "Enhancing cooperation and innovation in combating transnational organized and emerging crimes.”
Cyber Enabled Crime Table-Top Exercise
Cybercrime is a fast-growing area of crime. Criminals are exploiting the speed, convenience and anonymity of technology to commit range of criminal activities across borders, either physical or virtual, causing serious harm and pose very real threats to victims worldwide.
Cybercrime is a bigger risk now than ever before due to the sheer number of connected people and devices. A crime has computer or cyber aspect to it. Although there is no single universal definition of cybercrime, in the context of the Interpol, law enforcement generally make distinction between two main types of Internet-related crime: