The Red Herring reports on the recent ratification by the U.S. Senate of an international treaty designed to promote global cooperation when it comes to fighting computer-related crimes. My client, Paul Kurtz of the Cyber Security Industry Alliance, is quoted:

“National borders are virtually irrelevant to cybercriminals, making global cooperation absolutely critical in the battle against Internet-related crime,” said Paul Kurtz, executive director of CSIA. “The cybercrime treaty provides a much-needed international framework to investigate and prosecute perpetrators of computer crimes that cross our border.”

Given that it had been 5 years since the treaty was signed, getting it ratified had been a long hard fight for Paul and his colleagues. Hopefully the question we asked of 1,150 American adults this past May helped:

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