International cooperation in cyber space to combat cyber crime and terrorism

Cyber crime and terrorism is an international problem which does not respect national borders. Cyber criminals operate from relatively safe territories beyond the easy reach of the law enforcement agencies of the countries in which their victims reside. Collaboration between governments, intelligence agencies and law enforcement officers is critical to prosecuting cybercrime, and new organizations have been created to enable this. However, this co-operation seems to have run into roadblocks by the leak of large scale national level data snooping secrets by whistleblower Edward Snowden. The paper attempts to derive insights from ongoing initiatives reported in open source and recommend options available to charter the path for sustainable international cooperation in evolving secure cyber infrastructure.