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Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵ Office of Counter-Terrorism (Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT)?convened a national workshop in Malaysia to strengthen national counter-terrorism policy and operational responses to counter the use of new technologies for terrorist purposes.
The workshop was held in Kuala Lumpur from 9 to 11 June 2026 under the?CT TECH+ initiative, which is jointly implemented by Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT and the International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL), and funded by the European Union.
The workshop in Kuala Lumpur focused on mainstreaming new technologies in the national counter-terrorism strategy, understanding how new technologies are changing the terrorism threat landscape, understanding how to prioritize risks stemming from the use of new technologies for terrorist purposes, and developing policy responses to address these risks, while mainstreaming human rights and gender equality considerations.
Attendees included government officials from the judiciary, law enforcement, intelligence and security institutions, cybersecurity, and academia.
Participants engaged with scenarios for assessing and prioritizing terrorist threats and policy responses, applying guidelines promoted in the guide on?Designing National Counter-Terrorism Policy Responses to Counter the Use of New Technologies.
Participants also designed and measured the effectiveness of counter-terrorism policy responses in mitigating threats, while exploring ways to incorporate and mainstream human rights and gender equality considerations, based on the CT TECH guide on?Conducting Terrorist Threat Assessment: The Use of New Technologies for Terrorist Purposes.
Through the CT TECH+ initiative, Ä¢¹½ÊÓƵOCT and INTERPOL have already trained officials from Malaysia on OSINT, Dark Web- and cryptocurrencies investigations, and on Artificial Intelligence.
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This workshop comes at a particularly important time. The CT TECH+ initiative recognises that addressing the misuse of new technologies for terrorist purposes requires more than operational responses alone. It requires robust threat assessments, evidence-based policymaking, strong legal frameworks, effective interagency coordination, and meaningful international cooperation.
