Computer Crime, Security and Data Protection.
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Computer Crime, Security and Data Protection Information Technology is a key component it the maintenance of our modern society. It is improving all the time, and in turn creates new opportunities. However, with the extent of criminals and fraud ICT is exploited. As information technology has spread, so too have computer crime and abuse. This is what this report will look at in great detail, and defines what Computer crime is and how it refers to the law. In this report I am going to cover the following areas on computer crime: * Computer crime and abuse * Computer crime and the law * Security threats to ICT systems * How to protect to ICT systems * Data Protection Legislation Computer Crime, abuse and the law As new technologies increase it creates new opportunities for crime, this is what computer crime and abuse entails. However, Computer abuse refers acts that are legal but unethical. For example; the Internet...


