UNIT5: COMPUTER CRIME PREVENTION

STRATEGIES
WHAT IS COMPUTER CRIME?
 Computer crime prevention strategies involve a combination of
technical, organizational, and legal measures to protect computer
systems, networks, and data from unauthorized access, attacks, and
other malicious activities.
 Computer crime prevention strategies are crucial in today's digital
age.
Here are some key strategies:

1.Raising Awareness: Educating individuals and organizations

about safe online practices, phishing awareness, and data protection is
key to preventing cybercrimes. Developing and regularly testing
incident response plans is also essential.

2.Use of Internet Security Suite: Consider using trusted security

software that provides all-in-one protection for your devices, online
privacy, and identity. This helps protect your private and financial
information when you go online.

3.Imposing Risk and Consequences: Organizations like the FBI

aim to impose risk and consequences on cyber adversaries to change the
behavior of criminals and nation-states who believe they can
compromise networks.

4.Using Diverse Tactics: Cybercrime prevention involves using an

increasingly diverse range of tactics that include phishing, ransomware,
malware, and identity theft.

5. Strong Passwords and Multi-factor Authentication: Using

strong passwords that are lengthy, complex, and not easy to crack is an
effective way of preventing cybercrime. Avoiding suspicious links and
attachments in email messages and enabling multi-factor authentication
(MFA) to add an extra layer of security can also be helpful.