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Recommendation 2077 (2015)
Increasing co-operation against cyberterrorism and other large-scale attacks on the Internet
1. The Parliamentary Assembly refers
to its Resolution 2070
(2015) on increasing co-operation against cyberterrorism
and other large-scale attacks on the Internet.
2. It emphasises the importance for the Council of Europe to
address the globally growing challenge to the security of computer
networks posed by cyberterrorism and other forms of large-scale
attacks on and through computer systems, which represent a serious
threat to the national security, public safety or economic well-being
of States.
3. The Assembly recommends that the Committee of Ministers:
3.1. invite the Parties to the Convention
on Cybercrime (ETS No. 185) and its Additional Protocol concerning
the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed
through computer systems (ETS No. 189) to study whether it is feasible
to:
3.1.1. draft an additional protocol defining a common
level of criminalisation of large-scale cyberattacks, including
aggravating circumstances of those attacks as well as minimum standards
for penalties for such attacks;
3.1.2. draft another additional protocol on mutual assistance
regarding investigative powers, extending in particular the scope
and application of Article 32 of the convention, in accordance with
the respective guidance note of the Cybercrime Convention Committee
which represents the parties to the convention;
3.2. invite the Cloud Evidence Group established by the Cybercrime
Convention Committee to study the feasibility of drafting an additional
protocol to the Convention on Cybercrime regarding criminal justice
access to data on cloud servers;
3.3. draft legal standards on the international responsibility
of States for taking all reasonable measures to prevent large-scale
cyberattacks from being launched by persons under their jurisdiction
or emanating from their national territory against computer systems
in another State;
3.4. increase the assistance and monitoring activities regarding
the implementation of the Convention on Cybercrime in domestic law
and practice, as well as practical measures and co-operation against large-scale
cyberattacks, in particular for the benefit of member States where
the practical implementation of the Convention on Cybercrime faces
difficulties;
3.5. call on Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Czech Republic,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Malta, Monaco, Portugal,
San Marino, Sweden and the United Kingdom to sign and/or ratify
without further delay the 2003 Protocol amending the European Convention
on the Suppression of Terrorism (ETS No.190), which is necessary
for its entry into force;
3.6. transmit to their competent national ministries and authorities
this recommendation and Resolution
2070 (2015) on increasing co-operation against cyberterrorism
and other large-scale attacks on the Internet.