The Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office participated in a meeting to take technical security measures and address possible electronic attacks on critical infrastructure during the 20 / 09 / 2015.
The Greek Police's Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate, in every electoral process, actively participates through its Head and other executives in the Election Security Coordination Group and the Electoral Cyber Security Group operating under it.
In this context, the Electronic Crime Prosecution Directorate, in view of the upcoming parliamentary elections, participated yesterday (01-09-2015) in a preliminary technique σύσκεψη, με στόχο την καλύτερη προετοιμασία, οργάνωση και το συντονισμό όλων των εμπλεκόμενων φορέων, για τη λήψη προληπτικών μέτρων για την safe και απρόσκοπτη διεξαγωγή των εκλογών και την αντιμετώπιση τυχόν ηλεκτρονικών επιθέσεων στα κρίσιμα ηλεκτρονικά – ψηφιακά συστήματα.
The meeting was held at the headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administrative Reconstruction and the Electronic Crime Prosecutor's Office was invited by the Directorate-General for eGovernment and Elections and participated in a joint meeting with officials from the Ministry, the National Integrity Response Agency (CERT) and the Prime Minister .
In particular, the Directorate for the Prosecution of Electronic Crime requested the allocation of officers to the headquarters of the Ministry of Interior and Administrative Reconstruction, and especially to the critical points where the information systems that support the electoral process are located and operate, with the aim of preventing attacks and protecting them from any malicious action.
In the next meeting, technical issues will be identified and the key contact points of all the actors involved in the electoral process will be defined, as well as the critical points of hosting the information systems, to which the specialized police personnel will be assigned.