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Cybersecurity: Cybercrime Prevention in Higher Learning Institutions

Cybersecurity: Cybercrime Prevention in Higher Learning Institutions

Adel Ismail Al-Alawi, Arpita A. Mehrotra, Sara Abdulrahman Al-Bassam
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781799824183|ISBN10: 1799824187|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799824190|EISBN13: 9781799824206
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2418-3.ch013
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Al-Alawi, Adel Ismail, et al. "Cybersecurity: Cybercrime Prevention in Higher Learning Institutions." Implementing Computational Intelligence Techniques for Security Systems Design, edited by Yousif Abdullatif Albastaki and Wasan Awad, IGI Global, 2020, pp. 255-274. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2418-3.ch013

APA

Al-Alawi, A. I., Mehrotra, A. A., & Al-Bassam, S. A. (2020). Cybersecurity: Cybercrime Prevention in Higher Learning Institutions. In Y. Albastaki & W. Awad (Eds.), Implementing Computational Intelligence Techniques for Security Systems Design (pp. 255-274). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2418-3.ch013

Chicago

Al-Alawi, Adel Ismail, Arpita A. Mehrotra, and Sara Abdulrahman Al-Bassam. "Cybersecurity: Cybercrime Prevention in Higher Learning Institutions." In Implementing Computational Intelligence Techniques for Security Systems Design, edited by Yousif Abdullatif Albastaki and Wasan Awad, 255-274. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2418-3.ch013

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Abstract

The internet has revolutionized the way people communicate, how they manage their business, and even how they conduct their studies. Organizations can conduct meetings virtually and store all their data online. With this convenience, however, comes the risk of cybercrime (CC). Some of the world's most renowned organizations have found themselves having to incur huge recovery costs after falling prey to CC. Higher learning institutions' databases are increasingly falling victim to CCs, owing to the vast amounts of personal and research data they harbor. Despite this, the area of CCs in learning institutions remains understudied. This chapter seeks to identify how CC is manifested in such institutions and the specific cybersecurity measures that stakeholders could use to minimize their exposure to the same. The qualitative case study was designed to explore the research questions, and collected data through semistructured interviews. The findings showed hacking, phishing, and spoofing as the most common manifestations of cybercrime in higher learning institutions.

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