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Cybercrime: A Case Study

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As society grows more dependent on and intertwined with cyberspace, understanding and addressing various concerns regarding the human elements associated with cybercrime become more increasingly threatening the safety of cyberspace. Cybercrime is a complex issue to understand. Cybercriminals are becoming more sophisticated and are targeting everybody as well as public and private organizations. Therefore, additional layers of defense are needed because Cybercrime has been increasing in complexity and financial cost that's why it has been viewed as the government’s responsibility to protect its citizens from this issue. Cybercrime can be regarded as computer activities which are either illegal or considered illicit by certain parties of the …show more content…

International Criminal Police Organization is an organization that helps its partners like the UAE to fight global cybercrime. (INTERPOL 2016). INTERPOL will help the government with investigative support, cyber intelligence. Innovation and research which will help in enforcing the laws put by the government to protect the citizens from cyber crime. This means that with the government's collaboration with INTERPOL, it is the responsibility of the government to protect its citizens from cyber crime.
In conclusion, cybercrime will continue to rise, fighting cybercrime is an ongoing effort for the both the government and its citizens, becoming part of it will help combat this issue and it’s not just not the government’s responsibility to protect its citizens from cybercrime because of things like the growth of the user database, stakeholder and parents being responsible for their protection against cyber crime.
References
Arief, B. and Adzmi, M. (2015). Understanding Cybercrime from Its Stakeholders' Perspectives: Part 2--Defenders and Victims. IEEE Security & Privacy, 13(2), 84-88.
Bassam, Z. (2015). Understanding UAE's cybercrime law and penalties. [online] GulfNews. Available at: http://gulfnews.com/news/uae/society/understanding-uae-s-cybercrime-law-and-penalties-1.1564565 [Accessed 13 Jun. 2016].
Brenner, S. (2010) Cybercrime; Criminal threats from cyberspace. United states of America: Greenwood

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