like the APT attack, DDoS attack, destruction
or theft of sensitive data, intrusion of networks,
breach of software security, electronic
eavesdropping (which includes sabotage and
stealing telephone calls, and the cost often
paid by the victims, whether individuals or
institutions).
Electronic crime: illegal, unethical or
unauthorized conduct, and is an extension of
the normal criminal activity that conducted via
cyberspace using non-traditional methods to
complement the ordinary crime. Cybercrime
has several types including:
National governance: is a framework that
determines the roles and responsibilities of
all parties involved in the implementation
of the national cyber security strategy,
and provides a clear mechanism for
communication and coordination among all
parties and during the cycle of the strategy.
Security Audit: a systematic analysis of
all security components including people,
policies, solutions and tools that used by
any institution to secure its environment.
Furthermore, security audit aims to monitor
compliance with security policies, assess
the level of risk and the balance between
Cybercrime that targets individuals, aimed resources
including
organizational,
to obtain illegally on the electronic identity of technical and human resources.
individuals, such as email and password, or
impersonation electronically, or drag photos Cyber security policies: it is the cyber
and important files from victim’s device to security framework, and the reference that
threaten him and request orders.
reflects the national strategy, activities and
implementation tools.
Cybercrime that targets government and
private agencies, destroying important files, National Cyber Security Center of Kuwait
data or proprietary software, by sending (NCSC-KW): is a government center
malware to the user’s computer and in a within Communication and Information
variety of ways like electronic mails.
Technology Regulatory Authority-CITRA
that is responsible of all national cyber
Cybercrime that targets Governments, the security activities in the State of Kuwait.The
pirate attacks government official websites center works with government agencies and
and network systems aiming to damage the private sector to monitor Kuwait’s networks
website, the infrastructure of the site, the for cyber security threats, collect and
network system or destroy all aforementioned. disseminate threat intelligence, and support
Or it may target military sites for some States the national cyber security response.
to steal data relating to State security.
NCSC-KW
other
functions
include
Other crimes such as fraud, theft, extortion, standardization of the national cyber
theft of electronic information and use them security, evaluation and classification of
illegally, cursing and swearing, slander, and cyber security industry, ICT systems and
cyber terrorism.
services.
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