Page contentsPage contents European Cybercrime Training and Education Group ECTEG (European Cybercrime Training and Education Group) is a not-for-profit organisation, gathering 34 law enforcement agencies from over 20 European countries, international bodies and academia. With the support of the Internal Security Fund, ECTEG develops, promotes and shares training resources, solutions and materials, accessible for law enforcement authorities at no cost. Among other projects, ECTEG has developed Decrypt - a law enforcement-only training course for EU Member States to develop their lawful decryption capacity building, from basic to advanced levels. Decrypt is created and updated in close coordination with Europol and deployed by CEPOL, but also available for national authorities' deployments. The advanced course employs a platform made available by the Joint Research Centre, mirroring the Europol Decryption Platform. The advanced course has already been deployed by Europol, and in Belgium, The Netherlands, Poland, Germany, allowing practitioners to solve cases and assist operations with encrypted data effectively. ECTEG has also created eFirst (E-ducating Law Enforcement First Responders on cyber-essentials), an online, self-paced training package, targeting police officers in the field (patrol, crime scene, house search, police station), providing basic knowledge about cybercrime and digital forensics. It can also serve as a knowledge base or the basis for in-person courses at police academies. CEPOL deploys it and it is currently used in Ireland, Belgium, Finland, Germany, Poland and Portugal. European Anti Cybercrime Technology Development Association The European Anti Cybercrime Technology Development Association (EACTDA) is a not-for-profit organisation. EACTDA is a major facilitator to make EU project results sustainable. It manages the Tools4LEAs project, which supports the collaboration between law enforcement authorities, academia and real-time operating systems to develop innovative solutions for law enforcement authorities, based on the research projects outcomes and improving and refining tools developed by law enforcement authorities. EACTDA is a key partner of Europol in the creation and delivery of tools, which are available to all EU and Schengen Area public entities fighting cybercrime, with no license cost. All results of EACTDA’s work are distributed through the Europol Tools Repository. EACTDA has already developed several solutions, including in the domains of digital forensics, cryptocurrencies analysis, data analysis and video summary. It delivers up to 10 new tools every year. SIRIUS The SIRIUS project, led by Europol and Eurojust, supports EU law enforcement and judicial authorities by facilitating efficient cross-border access to electronic evidence stored by service providers. It provides practical tools, training, and resources for over 9,000 practitioners, fosters cooperation among service providers, and promotes knowledge-sharing through international events and partnerships The SIRIUS project has become the most important source of information to support law enforcement practitioners and judicial authorities in the EU and beyond in accessing electronic evidence stored by online service providers based in third countries. The SIRIUS Platform has over 8 000 members from the law enforcement and judicial communities, representing 47 countries worldwide and has directly supported almost 70 police operations.
