The Gendarmerie nationale has been established as a military-staffed law enforcement agency in France, with more than 800 years of history. Its 100.000 men and women are responsible for the execution of judiciary missions, the provision of emergency and relief services, the protection of public order and they participate in the Nation’s defence effort. Cybercrime is one of the Gendarmerie’s highest priorities with more than 3500 CyberGend trained personnel and its flagship cybercrime unit, the C3N.

CECyF CECyF is the French Cybercrime Centre of Excellence, part of the 2CENTRE network. The organising committee of Botconf is a founding member of CECyF and our conference is organised with the support of CECyF, with the common objective to develop exchanges and better research and training against cybercrime.