In an Albania where street crimes and murders have become daily news, the Director General of Police seems to have found the “real enemy”: banking operations. With solemnity and signatures, Director Ilir Proda and the President of the Association of Banks, Bledar Shella, signed a memorandum on cybersecurity – an area where the Association of Banks, in fact, has neither legal competence nor real access to security systems. The only role of the police in relation to banks is to protect the buildings from any possible theft.
At the ceremony, speeches were full of the terms “trusted digital environment,” “legal framework,” and “institutional partnership.” While in reality, banks protect money, police cannot protect lives, and cybersecurity – ironically – became a topic in a country where even street security cameras don’t work.
Thus, instead of talking about public safety and crime prevention, police leaders sign protocols with associations that have more to do with credit than with safety codes.
Ultimately, perhaps this is the message of the day: when you don't have security in reality, you invent virtual security.
