France, Ireland to Launch E-crime Police Training Programs
France and Ireland are hoping the European Commission will back a plan to create an academically accredited cybercrime training program for law enforcement.
The proposal calls for initially creating two training centers that would focus on defining topics for masters and doctoral theses as well as promoting cybercrime as a formal research area, according to a 55-page paper outlining the current problems in cybercrime education.
The program is called 2CENTRE (Cybercrime Centres of Excellence Network for Training, Research and Education). The first two centers, due to begin operations next year, will be located at University College Dublin and Universite Technologique de Troys in France.
Microsoft is backing the plan, which will be discussed at the Council of Europe's International Conference on Cybercrime on Tuesday and Wednesday in Strasbourg, France.
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