Taking Down Cybercriminals: The Power of Public-Private Partnerships

🛡️ In this episode of Cybercrime: From the Frontline, hear how public and private sector collaboration can help disrupt cybercrime at scale. 

Catalin Cosoi, Bitdefender Chief Security Strategist, and Virgil Spiridon, Head of the Cybercrime Programme Office at the Council of Europe, talk about why cybercrime cannot be fought effectively in isolation. 

🔊 In this episode, we discuss: 
↪︎ Why private cybersecurity companies can identify threats, map infrastructure, and protect customers, but need law enforcement partnerships to go further; 
↪︎ How the Council of Europe supports global cybercrime capacity building; 
↪︎ The role of the Budapest Convention in helping countries align cybercrime legislation and international cooperation; 
↪︎ Why trust is the foundation of effective public-private partnerships; 
↪︎ How private telemetry and law enforcement victim complaints can reveal different parts of the same threat landscape; 
↪︎ What successful cooperation looks like during ransomware and cybercrime investigations; 
↪︎ Why feedback between law enforcement and private partners matters; 
↪︎ How organizations can work with law enforcement without compromising business continuity; 
↪︎ Why companies should preserve forensic artifacts after an attack; 
↪︎ How AI, legal standards, and evidence validation will shape future cybercrime investigations; 
↪︎ How organizations can begin exploring public-private partnerships through trusted institutions and established international channels. 

Join host Bruce Sussman and his guests Catalin Cosoi and Virgil Spiridon for this  
fascinating podcast episode exploring practical examples and starting points for public-private partnerships in cybersecurity. 

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