In this PolicingTV interview, Derek Manky, Chief Security Strategist and Global VP of Threat Intelligence at Fortinet, discusses how cybercrime has evolved into a global criminal industry and why public-private partnerships are becoming essential to disrupting it. Ahead of the Crime Stoppers International World Summit in Panama, Derek reflects on initiatives including the Cyber Threat Alliance, Cybercrime Atlas, Operation Serengeti and the new Cybercrime Bounty Program.
The conversation also explores how cybercrime-as-a-service is lowering the barrier to entry for attackers, allowing younger and less experienced offenders to access powerful tools, infrastructure and AI-enabled services. Derek explains how ransomware, phishing, access brokering and money laundering have become part of a wider criminal marketplace — and why better intelligence sharing, international cooperation and new disruption models will be critical in the years ahead.
The conversation continues on 27th October, with Part Two exploring ‘Can Bounties Help Catch Cybercriminals?’. Be sure to tune in.
To find out more about the Crime Stoppers International World Summit in Panama click here
Key takeaways
- Cybercrime has evolved into a global criminal industry worth trillions of dollars.
- Public-private partnerships are now central to disrupting major cybercriminal networks.
- Operation Serengeti helped deliver large-scale arrests, seizures and victim restitution across multiple countries.
- The Cybercrime Atlas brings together industry experts to map criminal infrastructure, wallets, accounts and networks.
- Cybercrime-as-a-service allows offenders to buy ransomware, phishing, access and money laundering capabilities.
- AI is making offensive cyber tools easier to use and is lowering the skills barrier for attackers.
- Some prominent cybercrime groups now include very young offenders rather than only experienced hackers.
- The new Cybercrime Bounty Program aims to create more disruption and friction across the cybercriminal ecosystem.
Chapters
00:30 – Meet Derek Manky of Fortinet
03:15 – How cybercrime partnerships began
04:13 – Building the Cyber Threat Alliance
04:46 – How Operation Serengeti disrupted cybercrime
07:06 – Inside the Cybercrime Atlas
08:36 – The scale of modern cybercrime operations
09:50 – How cybercrime-as-a-service works
11:30 – How AI is lowering the barrier to cybercrime
13:10 – The Cybercrime Bounty Program
14:04 – What comes next in cybercrime disruption?
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