cyber crime impact on business
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Cyber crime impact on Businesses
Bogdan Manolea
RITI dot-Gov
What is Cyber crime ?
Is it enough information on cyber crime ?
• Internet security has not become a boardroom priority in many organizations
• For example:– A Jupiter Executive Survey found that 29% of security
practitioners rate the risk of cyber-attacks as “low.”– CIO magazine found that 2/3 of the surveyed businesses did not
have a well-defined security plan in place.– The Small Business Pipeline found that 73% of small businesses
have no written security plan even though many estimate that any type of business interruption could cost the company upwards of $10,000 per day.
• Internet security budgets – lower than required
How to prevent Cyber crime
How to prevent Cyber crime
• Technical prevention
• Network administrator – Tasks– Role in the company organisation chart– Personal data and privacy
How to prevent Cyber crime
• Update OS
• Antivirus protection
• Anti-spam and Trojan protection
• Home banking and Internet banking
• Good legal policies
How to prevent Cyber crime
Using the computer at workplace – between efficiency and privacy
- Include the Policy on how to use Internet at workplace as a part of the labour contract
- Training the employees on usage of Internet and software
- Training the employees on how they should treat confidential information and the essential passwords
What to do with a cybercrime case ?
What to do with a cybercrime case ?
What to do with a cybercrime case ?
• To report it or not ? • Confidential information ; Public image• Be careful with digital evidences !
– Digital evidence is not obvious
– It is very “fragile” (can be easily modified or can disappear)
– Special protection measures are required in order to collect, seize or examine such evidence
Romanian Legal Framework on Cyber crime
• International conventions
• National Laws – Law 161/2003 – Section III– Law on e-commerce (365/2002)
• Guide for applying the Cyber crime law – www.riti-internews.ro – www.mcti.ro
Romanian Legal Framework on Cyber crime
• Offences against the confidentiality, integrity and availability of computer data and systems – Illegal access
– Illegal interception
• Computer-related offences – Computer-related forgery
– Computer-related fraud
• Content-related offences – Offences related to child pornography
Very tough punishments (up to 15 years in prison)
More about cyber crime
• Copyright related offences
• Financial fraud
• Cybersquatting – domain names conflict with trademarks
• Trade secrets revealed via electronic means
• Internet and software patents (USA vs. Europe)
More about Cyber crime
• Business– Intellectual Property (Trademarks, Copyright
and Patents)
• Employees– Involved in cyber crime cases – Other illegal activities
Where to report cyber crime cases in Romania ?
• Online portal set up by Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, operated together with Specialized Police and Prosecutor Offices
• www.efrauda.ro
• Specialized Police staff in every county in Romania
Where to report cyber crime cases?
• Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC)
• http://www1.ifccfbi.gov/index.asp
• IFCC is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C).
