EUROPOL – Cybercrime Training Competency Framework

The aim of the Training Competency Framework on Cybercrime (cTCF) is to identify the required skill-sets for key actors involved in combatting cybercrime. This document serves as a framework for law enforcement authorities (LEA), as well as judiciary and academic institutions, to understand the competencies and capabilities needed to effectively tackle the ever-evolving threat of cybercrime. The framework can also be used as a basis for assessing the training needs of current and future practitioners working in the areas of cybercrime and digital investigations. The training competency framework is based on the best practices, current needs, and projection of future requirements of LEA and academic institutions

The roles and skill sets highlighted in the framework reflect the required functional competences of a law enforcement authority. The framework is not an exhaustive list of specific skills. It is a description of competences that should be bolstered as part of strategic capacity building. Depending on the organisational structure and number of staff, the roles and corresponding skill sets could be combined or outsourced to a specialised unit, e.g. criminal analysis and forensics.

The scope of the framework islimited to practitioners in LEAs and the judiciary engaged in the field of cybercrime and digital investigations. The described skill sets do not reflect all the skills required to fulfil the described role, but rather pertain to skills that are unique to cybercrime investigations and the handling of digital evidence.

The framework was created in cooperation with:

• European Union Cybercrime Task Force (EUCTF)
• The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL)
• European Cybercrime Training and Education Group (ECTEG)
• Eurojust
• European Judicial Cybercrime Network (EJCN)