Cybersecurity guide for developing countries
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I.2.6 The political dimension ...................................................................................... 15
I.2.6.1
Responsibility of the State ...................................................................... 15
I.2.6.2
State sovereignty ..................................................................................... 15
I.2.7 The economic dimension ................................................................................... 16
I.2.8 The social dimension.......................................................................................... 16
I.2.9 The legal dimension ........................................................................................... 17
I.2.9.1
Critical success factor ............................................................................. 17
I.2.9.2
Strengthening legislation and enforcement ............................................. 17
I.2.9.3
Combating cybercrime while respecting digital privacy: a tricky
compromise ............................................................................................. 18
I.2.9.4
International cybercrime legislation ........................................................ 19
I.2.10 Cybersecurity basics........................................................................................... 21
I.2.10.1
Availability.............................................................................................. 21
I.2.10.2
Integrity ................................................................................................... 21
I.2.10.3
Confidentiality ........................................................................................ 22
I.2.10.4
Identification and authentication ............................................................. 22
I.2.10.5
Non-repudiation ...................................................................................... 23
I.2.10.6
Physical security ..................................................................................... 23
I.2.10.7
Security solutions .................................................................................... 23
PART II – Controlling cybercrime ..................................................................................... 25
Section II.1 – Cybercrime .................................................................................................... 27
II.1.1 Computer-related crime and cybercrime ............................................................ 27
II.1.2 Factors that make the internet attractive for criminal elements ......................... 28
II.1.2.1
Virtualization and the virtual world ........................................................ 28
II.1.2.2
Networking of resources ......................................................................... 28
II.1.2.3
Proliferation of hacks and vulnerabilities ............................................... 29
II.1.2.4
Faults and vulnerabilities ........................................................................ 29
II.1.2.5
Unmasking cybercriminals...................................................................... 30
II.1.2.6
Aterritoriality, digital safe havens ........................................................... 31
II.1.3 Traditional crime and cybercrime ...................................................................... 32
II.1.4 Cybercrime, economic crime and money-laundering ........................................ 32
II.1.5 Cybercrime – an extension of ordinary crime .................................................... 33
II.1.6 Cybercrime and terrorism .................................................................................. 33
II.1.7 Hackers ............................................................................................................... 34
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