1st National Conference on Cyber Crime Investigation inaugurated in New Delhi

First National Conference on Cyber Crime Investigation and Cyber Forensics is being held on 4-5 September 2019 at Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Headquarters in New Delhi. It was inaugurated by CBI Director Rishi Kumar Shukla.

Key Highlights

The two-day conference covers one of the mandates of CBI which is to investigate crimes with inter-state and international ramifications.

Conference Objective: To create a platform and bring together investigators, forensic experts, academia and lawyers to discuss challenges related to cybercrime and ways to find solutions.

Need: Cybercrimes pose unique challenges to law enforcement officers and such crimes are complex and require certain skills and forensic skills for detection.

Focus Areas:

To create capacity building and to create a pool of competent investigators, judicial officers, prosecutors and digital forensic analysts who are digitally aware.

To create a platform for sharing good practices to learn from experiences of various State police and Law Enforcement Agencies.

Participants: Around 50 officers including DGPs, ADGPs, and SPs dealing with cybercrime, officials and academia are participating in Conference.