ASSIGNMENT WHAT IS CYBER CRIME ?

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Introduction
The contemporary growth and development of cyber-technology and networking are
significant in that emerge the issue of cyber-crime. Although the growth of technology has
increased the security measures, the same is, unfortunately, has also accepted the attackers with
the supplementary mechanism to “break-in.” The attackers apply networks that are different in
nature as well as their existing manner of security, no matter how hard it is, are not sufficient to
keep out of violation. In such circumstances, the organization and entity come in the firing area,
and the attacks perform as the gateway that leads to the eventual destruction. Cybercrime is also
designated as non-money crimes such as spreading and developing viruses on other schemes and
thus posting private data on social media.
Methods of cybercrime
The crime that is either facilitated or committed through the internet is termed as
cybercrime. It is an illegal activity that engages networks and computers. Cybercrime deception
can be series from illegal emails to stealing of the company’s sensitive information or
government data by remote machines all around the world. The offense of cybercrime facilitates
a diverse category of danger to the institution (Banks, 2017). For example, cybercrime is diverse
from that of tangibly theft money from the banking or financial institution. In the offense of
cybercrime, the deception is started from the internet in addition to that has a distant association
with the system of financial institutions.
The methods that are implicated for cyber-crime involves data breach. A data breach is
an event where the data is taken or stolen from the system without the authorization or

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knowledge of the owner of the system. Stolen information involves proprietary, sensitive, or
private data such as the number of credit cards, customer information, trade matter, or secrets of
national security. The method of computer hacking is intruding and modifying software or
hardware that si nor comprehended originally by the inventor. Hackers are the person who
indulges in the programming shills as well as proficiency in dealing with the entire structure.
Botnets are the method of malware that cyber hackers engage in regulating the infected
structure. Networks are connected and cooperated under the singer hacker that is termed as a
botnet. The virus is malware that extents by insertion of its copy to become a central part of
another programming (Lindsay & Gartzke, 2016).. It transmits from one structure to another,
leaving back infection. Worms also create the same damage. They duplicate the serviceable
copies of themselves and thus infect the arrangement.
Ransomware is the major threat that is widespread stretching from the national to the
social terrains. It aims the domestic business, users as well as government networks that inclined
to the permanent or temporary as of the sensitive data. They can become the foundation of
disturbance of services or economic loss that engaged in files restoration in addition to that
tarnishing the reputation of the organization. Phishing is the illegal act that implicates technical
subterfuge and social engineering to theft the details of the personal identity of the consumer as
well as the financial credential. The schemes of social engineering are spoofed emails that
deceive the recipients from the information as passwords and usernames.
Cyberbullying is implicated by employing electronic technology through machines like
computers, cellphones, tablets, and also with the tools of communication such as sites of social
media and websites termed as cyberbullying (Charlton, 2015). This method of cyber threats is
mainly revealed from the legal sites that are hacked by the gatecrashers to generate vulnerability.

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Therefore around 79 % of the legal sites are getting infected by the cyber threats, and in case the
necessary security and preventive measures are not taken in regard as well as a proper patch not
implemented, then the ultimate operators will be the victim (Norén, 2018). Thus the remaining
29% of cyber threats that are occurring by the random activity of the user by going to the rogue
websites that replaces as the legal sites in addition to that are intended that the ultimate users are
forced and diverted to go into the illegal sites. Therefore cyber hackers also take the benefits of
digital marketing to publicize their sites to enhance the quantum of the visitors as well as spread
vulnerability.
Alternative course of action in response to cyber threat
The alternative course of action that is adopted in order to combat large scale attack of
cybercrimes.in the strategy the cybercrime talk about the safeguarding of data system that is
software, hardware, and other associated infrastructure and the assistance they facilitate from the
illegal access misuse or harm. They involve the damages that are caused deliberately by the user
of the system or cause accidents resulting from miscarries to monitor the security procedures.
The Strategy and National Cyber Security program were pursued to motivate the outcomes as
well as enhance the capability in both private and public organization by viewing to market to
drive the appropriate behavior. Furthermore, the construction of a more secure system of the
internet (Broadhurst et al., 2017). The developing technology facilitates the scope to significantly
minimize the capability of adversaries to perform cybercrime by guaranteeing that upcoming
online services and products that come in the application are “secure by default.”
The company and organization are accountable for guaranteeing that the networks are
safe and protected. They should identify the critical structure as well as regularly ascertain their
exposure against the emerging technological landscape and also danger (Jolley, 2017). The

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alternative c0oues of action also engage investing in technology as well as to the employees of
the organization to minimize vulnerabilities in the recent and also upcoming structure.
Furthermore, in the supply of chain and to sustain the margin of the proportion of cybersecurity
to the threat. They should also test the abilities in place to react if an attack occurs (Steed,
2019). . The government must part with the information of cyber threats with the organization
that can obtain by the government so that the financial institution will able to acquainted with the
measures they need to implement to safeguard themselves. The government should generate
guidance and advice on the method to cope with cyber risk as well as functioning collaborate
with the organization and describe what appropriate cybersecurity looks. Another alternative
involves stimulating the initiation of high-end security that is required to safeguard CNI, such as
testing labs, training facilities, consultancy services, and security standards. The most novel and
sophisticated category of the cybersecurity software is protecting the safety of organization
hardware is ignored; however, the theft or loss of devices is the actual danger to be conscious of.
The preventive strategy of cyber-attack involves safeguarding the machines with the complex
password and sharing the password with the user of the machine only and to put it on memory
instead of noting it to the easily accessible position.
Cyber resilience and preventive measures
Cyber resilience is able to arrange for withstanding learning and rapid recovery from the
intentional attacks or the accidental incident in the virtual world. Cyber resilience creates the
scope to enhance the awareness of cybersecurity of staff and thereby minimizing the riskier
conduct factor and construct a clear line of the sight in between the objectives of business when
setting forth the cybersecurity and digital strategy implementation (Ajuzie, 2019). Therefore
cyber resilience is the procedure of continual refinement as well as trust in the on the institution

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comprehending the sensitivity, quantity, and also the position of asset that they are trying to
safeguard. The novel general data protection regulation will mandate the method to the
management of data assets on all individually identified civilian information. The procedure of
attaining cyber resilience can be optimum by the structure with five stakes that are protected,
identity, respond, detect, and recover. Thus combining the principles of data protection that is
enumerated in GDPR with the efficient policy of cybersecurity can perform as the catalyst to
minimize the cyber threat. The financial institution requires to assimilate the two by putting
emphasis internally on the preventive measures that are intended to safeguard against cyber
violations. Furthermore, upholding the awareness of the institution as well as data protection
responsibility of the individual. In addition to that distribution of the obligation among all rank of
the institution. Therefore depending on the form of processing, the security measures may
involve the encryption and pseudonymization of the personal information. Secondly, the
capability to ensure the continuing confidentiality, availability, integrity, and also resilience of
the handling services and system. Thirdly the procedure for regularly assessing, testing, and also
evaluating the efficiency of organizational and technical measures for guaranteeing the safety of
the processing.
Conclusion
Thus it can be concluded from the above-mentioned discussion that in response to the
cyber threat, many states have implemented cyber capability as the fundamental portion of
planning of economic development. The crisis that encounter by the states is compounding and
real depth of the dangerous incursion to the integrity, accessibility, and also resilience of the
critical interacting system as well as the infrastructure. Therefore to counter stabilize the

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vulnerability UAE plan to promote Military Cyber Command in Armed Forces Headquarters to
operate corresponding to the National Security Authority.
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