Introduction There are several types of crimes committed on a daily basis. Whether it is Robbery,
Murder, Grand Theft and the list goes on. As of 2005, in over 7,000 (seven thousand) businesses,
67% were detected to at least have one cybercrime committed. Out of that 67%, 60% had more than one cybercrime committed. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2010) In this body of work, a discussion and an explanation of the four different categories of computer crimes, the most common forms of digital crime, computer crimes and cyber terrorism that presents the greatest threat and a summarization of the roles and responses of the United States Government, court systems and law enforcement agencies have enacted to combat computer crime.
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The Immigrations and Customs Enforcement provides systems and support in investigations of crimes committed domestically and internationally. The Secret
Service provides the maintenance of the Electronic Crimes Task Forces. They are the one who identify and locate cyber intrusions, bank fraud, data breaches and other computer- related crimes. (Combating Cybercrime, 2016) This in itself is a great asset that this country can have.
However, the best way to prevent millions of dollars from financial and retail corporations from being stolen is to have a better security measure in place. What that entails is the implementation of a system that would either wipe out or scramble accounts accessed outside of the system network. Another way is to have a red flag raised when information outside of the network system is being accessed. That way, the Secret Service will be able to see the possible threat and react before it becomes a threat.
Conclusion
In today’s world, there are numerous things to look forward to as well as be concerned with. Every time you turn on your computer, the information is being transmitted through several networks and systems to obtain information useful for work, school or
Murder, Grand Theft and the list goes on. As of 2005, in over 7,000 (seven thousand) businesses,
67% were detected to at least have one cybercrime committed. Out of that 67%, 60% had more than one cybercrime committed. (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2010) In this body of work, a discussion and an explanation of the four different categories of computer crimes, the most common forms of digital crime, computer crimes and cyber terrorism that presents the greatest threat and a summarization of the roles and responses of the United States Government, court systems and law enforcement agencies have enacted to combat computer crime.
Categories …show more content…
The Immigrations and Customs Enforcement provides systems and support in investigations of crimes committed domestically and internationally. The Secret
Service provides the maintenance of the Electronic Crimes Task Forces. They are the one who identify and locate cyber intrusions, bank fraud, data breaches and other computer- related crimes. (Combating Cybercrime, 2016) This in itself is a great asset that this country can have.
However, the best way to prevent millions of dollars from financial and retail corporations from being stolen is to have a better security measure in place. What that entails is the implementation of a system that would either wipe out or scramble accounts accessed outside of the system network. Another way is to have a red flag raised when information outside of the network system is being accessed. That way, the Secret Service will be able to see the possible threat and react before it becomes a threat.
Conclusion
In today’s world, there are numerous things to look forward to as well as be concerned with. Every time you turn on your computer, the information is being transmitted through several networks and systems to obtain information useful for work, school or