On August 9, 2024, consortium partner, Privanova, was invited to deliver a presentation at the United Nations Convention Against Cybercrime. This event convened representatives from 193 UN countries and other key global stakeholders in the public and private sector to elaborate a comprehensive international convention on countering the use of information and communications technologies for criminal purposes.
In their presentation, Privanova colleagues highlighted eight recommendations aimed at addressing some of the most pressing challenges in preventing cybercrime. These recommendations include:
- strengthening human rights safeguards through the treaty;
- enhancing data protection safeguards in the convention;
- improving procedural measures and law enforcement;
- fostering interoperability of cybercrime prevention and detection platforms;
- establishing a unified system for reporting cybercrimes;
- fostering global cooperation and effective response;
- promoting collaborative research and shared learning; and
- narrowing the scope of the convention to clearly defined, existing cyber-dependent crimes.
Cybercrime is a threat to all industries, including the healthcare sector. With the increased digitalisation of healthcare systems and the use of new digital health technologies, such as those developed for the DigiCare4You project, careful considerations of the security and privacy of health data that is collected and stored is necessary. With the approval of a draft resolution to be adopted by the UN General Assembly on preventing cybercrime in information and communication technologies, we hope that measures will be put in place to ensure an even safer use of digital health technologies in the future.
The final position paper, which was presented by consortium partner, Privanova, is available to read here.