Cormac Callanan is director of Aconite Internet Solutions () which provides expertise in policy development in the area of cybercrime and Internet security & safety. Holding an MSc in Computer Science, he has over 25 years working experience on international computer networks and 10 years experience in the area of cybercrime. He has provided training at Interpol and Europol and to law enforcement agencies around the world. He currently provides consultancy services around the world and worked on policy development with the Council of Europe and the UNODC. In 2008, in conjunction with co-author Marco Gercke, he completed a study of best practice guidelines for the cooperation between service providers and law enforcement against cybercrime () adopted at the 2008.