That’s where the Cybercrime Atlas project comes in. The Atlas is an initiative hosted by the World Economic Forum’s Partnership Against Cybercrime, designed to mitigate some of the characteristics that make cybercrime difficult to combat. Specifically, the Atlas initiative will provide a platform for academic analysts, cybersecurity companies, national and international law enforcement agencies, and global businesses to share knowledge about the cybercriminal ecosystem.
These different views will support a wide array of activities, from the private, non-profit, and public sectors. A platform like Microsoft could use Atlas information to support legal action against actors abusing their services, while banks could use a payment map to try to recover stolen money. Law enforcement agencies could use an infrastructure map to identify targets for disruption or seizure. The list goes on.