ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the relationship between law enforcement and cybersecurity, specifically how law enforcement can more effectively work with corporations, individuals, and states to assist them in protecting from cyber attacks. The emphasis will be on what law enforcement can do to mitigate cybersecurity or cyber threats. With corporations and law enforcement, there is a coexisting relationship, where each side leans on the other and requires their cooperation and assistance to be most effective. For law enforcement, they require the cooperation of corporations in reporting a cyber event and documenting it correctly. There is clear evidence of significant cyber attacks on corporations, which demonstrates the real and legitimate threat that the cyber attackers pose. A cyber attack is incredibly difficult to pinpoint. Often, corporations who have been penetrated do not detect the penetration for weeks at a time. In addition, a cyber attack is extremely difficult to combat against, and often cyber protection is inadequate.
