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. 34

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