Convinced that the present Convention is necessary to deter action directed against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer systems, networks and computer data as well as the misuse of such systems, networks and data by providing for the criminalisation of such conduct, as described in this Convention, and the adoption of powers sufficient for effectively combating such criminal offences, by facilitating their detection, investigation and prosecution at both the domestic and international levels and by providing arrangements for fast and reliable international co-operation;
v prepričanju, da je ta konvencija potrebna za preprečevanje dejanj zoper zaupnost, celovitost in dostopnost računalniških sistemov, omrežij in računalniških podatkov ter zlorab omenjenih sistemov, omrežij in podatkov, je treba zagotoviti inkriminacijo takih dejanj, kot so opisana v tej konvenciji, in sprejeti ustrezna pooblastila za učinkovit boj proti tovrstnim kaznivim dejanjem, s tem da se olajšajo njihovo odkrivanje, preiskovanje in pregon na državni in mednarodni ravni, ter zagotoviti ureditev za hitro in zanesljivo mednarodno sodelovanje;