Collaborative research is key to the Cybercrime Atlas’s mission. By combining diverse expertise, participants generate new insights and ensure confident joint assessments while identifying which organizations can apply the research most effectively. Collaborative and well-governed research also creates trust between experts and between the institutions they work for. By developing new knowledge to disrupt cybercriminals, the Cybercrime Atlas helps identify joint responses, breaking down barriers to collaboration across industries and with the public sector. The Cybercrime Atlas grew out of recommendations of the World Economic Forum’s Partnership Against Cybercrime4 and continues to have a close relationship with this world- leading source of expertise in how to tackle cybercrime. This includes applying recommendations from the Partnership Against Cybercrime on how to incentivize, govern and resource collaborations to disrupt cybercrime.Collaboration is the key When we bring together the insights, tools and capabilities of international private- and public-sector partners, we create a force multiplier against cybercrime. The Cybercrime Atlas is helping to turn intelligence into action – and action into accountability. It’s an example of how we collectively drive meaningful disruption at scale. Steven Masada Assistant General Counsel, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit Cybercrime Atlas Impact Report 2025 9