Cybercrime and Soicety

Information and Communication Technologies are tools used in commerce, education, and interpersonal interactions. But these technologies also pose serious risks to national, economic, organizational and personal security. This course seeks to provide students with an understanding of the illegal activities threatening ICTs and the countermeasures that government and organisations are developing.

The course will first introduce students to the various cyber threats and then will cover legal and technological countermeasures.

Important: This is NOT a technical course! The focus of the course is on policy and ethical considerations as governments and other institutions try to address the threats posed by ICT or comptuer-related crimes.