British Telecom and Europol reach an agreement to build cyber threat intelligence in the future

British Telecom Group (BT) is one of the major telecom service providers in Europe. Its main businesses include long-distance business in the UK, as well as international telecom services and internet services. In the United Kingdom, BT has provided more than 29 million lines of exchange lines for more than 20 million corporate and residential users and provided network services to other licensed operators.

BT has signed an agreement with Europol to share information related to major cyber threats and cyber attacks in the future. The purpose of cooperation between the two organizations is to create a safer cyberspace for citizens, businesses, and governments through joint efforts.

The agreement was signed by both parties at Europol headquarters in The Hague, the Netherlands, and provides a framework for BT and Europol to exchange threat intelligence data and information related to cybersecurity trends, technical expertise and industry best practices.

Europol established the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) in 2013 to strengthen its enforcement response to European Union cybercrime in order to better protect EU citizens, businesses and governments from cybercrime.

At the same time, it also operates the Joint Cybercrime Action Taskforce (J-CAT), which aims to promote intelligence-led and coordinated operations by promoting joint identification, prioritizing, preparing, and conducting cross-border investigations and operations. Work with partner organizations to combat major cybercrime threats and targets.

Earlier this year, BT became the first telecom service provider in the world to share malware and website information with other Internet service providers through a free online portal, the Malicious Information Sharing Platform (MISP).

Since the launch of the platform, a BT security team of more than 2,500 cybersecurity experts worldwide has helped identify and share detailed information on more than 200,000 malicious domain names, allowing recipients who share information to take appropriate actions to protect Its customers and stakeholders are protected from specific threats.

“As one of the world’s largest cyber security businesses, we at BT have long held the view that co-ordinated, cross border collaboration is key to stemming the global cyber-crime epidemic. “,” said Kevin Brown, vice president of BT Security Threat Intelligence.

“We’re working with other law enforcement agencies in a similar vein to better share cyber security intelligence, expertise and best practice to help them expose and take action against the organised gangs of cyber criminals lurking in the dark corners of the web. The signing of today’s accord with Europol sees BT take another significant step forward in making the internet a safer place for consumers, businesses and public sector bodies in the UK, Europe and beyond.”

Source: Europa