Cyber Crime
Analysis of Cyber Crime awareness among youth
Abstract: Cyber crime is emerging as a serious threat. Worldwide governments, police departments and intelligence units have started to react. One of the many approaches to enable students and other peoples to protect themselves from the ever-increasing amount and range of cybercrime. This is relevant to students studying different aspects of undergraduate and postgraduate computing. This paper discusses the views of young generation on the potential risks on other relevant issues related cyber crime. The peoples may specialise in different aspects of computing from business information systems, through software development to networking. But we are just focusing on really they are aware about “what is cyber crime?” and its consequences. In this research paper we are discussing about who are cyber criminals, impact of cyber crime, security training.
Keywords: Cybercrime, networking, software, security. I. Introduction
The Information Technology Act, 2000, does not define the term 'cyber crime’. Cyber crime can generally defined as a criminal activity in which information technology systems are the means used for the commission of the crime.
Based on the United Nations General Assembly resolution of January 30, 1997, the Government of India passed the Information Technology Act 2000 (Act No.21 of 2000) and notified it on October 17, 2000. The Information Technology Act, 2000, is the first step taken by the Government of India towards promoting the growth of the E-commerce and it was enacted with a view to provide legal recognition to e-commerce and e-transactions, to facilitate e-governance and prevent computer-based crimes. It is a first historical step. However, the rapid increase in the use of Internet has led to a spate in crime like child pornography, cyber terrorism, publishing sexually explicit content in electronic form. The need for a comprehensive amendment was
Abstract: Cyber crime is emerging as a serious threat. Worldwide governments, police departments and intelligence units have started to react. One of the many approaches to enable students and other peoples to protect themselves from the ever-increasing amount and range of cybercrime. This is relevant to students studying different aspects of undergraduate and postgraduate computing. This paper discusses the views of young generation on the potential risks on other relevant issues related cyber crime. The peoples may specialise in different aspects of computing from business information systems, through software development to networking. But we are just focusing on really they are aware about “what is cyber crime?” and its consequences. In this research paper we are discussing about who are cyber criminals, impact of cyber crime, security training.
Keywords: Cybercrime, networking, software, security. I. Introduction
The Information Technology Act, 2000, does not define the term 'cyber crime’. Cyber crime can generally defined as a criminal activity in which information technology systems are the means used for the commission of the crime.
Based on the United Nations General Assembly resolution of January 30, 1997, the Government of India passed the Information Technology Act 2000 (Act No.21 of 2000) and notified it on October 17, 2000. The Information Technology Act, 2000, is the first step taken by the Government of India towards promoting the growth of the E-commerce and it was enacted with a view to provide legal recognition to e-commerce and e-transactions, to facilitate e-governance and prevent computer-based crimes. It is a first historical step. However, the rapid increase in the use of Internet has led to a spate in crime like child pornography, cyber terrorism, publishing sexually explicit content in electronic form. The need for a comprehensive amendment was
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