Crime, Security, and Hiring Practices

Objectives

While it is not the intent of this class to teach students how to commit computer related crime, it is necessary that professional know enough about computer crime to protect themselves and their employers from crime. As a result of this class students are expected to have an elevated sense of awareness of the problem of computer crime and the countermeasures they can take to minimize the effects of criminal acts.
Besides making and enforcing laws related to computer enhanced crime, solutions to this problem include concerns for security and hiring practices.

Recent Cases

Cybercrime: A Tutorial from Business Week: February 21, 2000.
"Internet addict' jailed for e-mailing child porn", by LAURENCE HAMMACK, THE ROANOKE TIMES, Wednesday, October 06, 1999.
Man guilty in Internet sex case by KIMBERLY O'BRIEN, THE ROANOKE TIMES, 8 May 1999.
Hacker Accused of Credit-card Fraud - FBI Says He Collected 100,000 Credit-card Numbers, Associated Press, May 23, 1997.

Organizations

US Department of Justice Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section.
The home page of the US FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION NATIONAL COMPUTER CRIME SQUAD.
A connection to the National Fraud Information Center provides not only information aboutFraud, but also connections to other useful sites.
Computer Security Institute
Chicago-based Emergency Response and Research Institute
Computer Security Technology Center, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
CERT Coordination Center, SEI, CMU
Florida Association of Computer Crime Investigators, Inc.

Computer Crimes Laws

Virginia COMPUTER CRIMES Act -- 1984.
Florida Computer Crime Act -- 1985.
Wisconsin State Computer Crime Law -- 1981.
The U.S. House of Representatives Internet Law Library -- Computers and the law.
A collection of articles on Law and Order from Washington University at St. Louis.
Computer Crime is viewed differently in different countries:
- Hong Kong (1995).
- Australia (original copy in Australia), 1995.

Statistics

Cybercrime against business frequent, costly, USA Today, 08/29/97
Companies Losing Millions over Rising Computer Crime by Anna Johnson, Shake Security Journal, March 1998.

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Crime, Security, and Hiring Practices

Objectives

Class Notes

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Examination Questions

References

Recent Cases

Organizations

Computer Crimes Laws

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