Problem Statement

When victims of cybercrime seek aid from the courts, they expect to be compensated financially and that they would be treated with respect and that they will get help to resolve their problem (vision statement). The scale of cybercriminal activity represents a considerable challenge to law enforcement agencies and the total cost of cybercrime to society is significant. A recent report suggests that victims lose around $290 billion each year worldwide as a result of cybercrime, making it more profitable than the global trade in marijuana, cocaine and heroin combined. This type of crime happens to everyone and it is not set on just one type of victim. There is an estimate of about 20% of people that had to deal with this kind of crime. The impact cybercrime has on its victims causes guilt, anger, cheated, helpless, and fearful or worried. All these emotions have made victims not to trust anything or anyone. Cybercrime occurs at any point in time during a duration of opening a website that people believe to be safe. Even large businesses have had problems with cyber activity and has cost a lot of money, which hurts no matter who the victim is. Cybercrime occurs just about everywhere and the Internet is definitely a gateway for computers to be used as bait (issue statement). To better protect yourself from becoming a victim, computer forensics specialists are one of the best lines of defense. While one will always be careful searching the Internet, cyber attacks can be tracked if it is detected early and brought to computer forensics specialists. By providing individuals with a software updates, having them install a firewall to defend the computer from problems, install anti-virus software and to update it regularly, and just be careful what gets downloaded into the computer. Furthermore, just be aware of emails from unknown senders, do not open an email that is not familiar (solution statement).