• E4J University Module Series: Cybercrime

• Module 8: Cybersecurity and Cybercrime Prevention - Strategies, Policies and Programmes

• Introduction and learning outcomes

• Key issues

• • Internet governance
  • Cybersecurity strategies: Basic features
  • National cybersecurity strategies
  • International cooperation on cybersecurity matters
  • Cybersecurity posture
  • Conclusion
  • References

• Exercises

• Possible class structure

• Core reading

• Advanced reading

• Student assessment

• Additional teaching tools

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• First published in April 2019 
  

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  This module is a resource for lecturers  

 

References

 

Materials with this icon can be found in the E4J Library of Resources.

 

Publications and online portals

• African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms of 2014.
• Anti-Phishing Working Group. (n.d.). Twenty National Campaigns Deployed .  
• Borodkin, Michelle. (2001). Computer Incident Response Team . 
• Braithwaite, John. (1982). Enforced self-regulation: A new strategy for corporate crime control. Michigan Law Review 80(7), 1466-1507.
• Brenner, Susan W. (2005). Distributed security: Moving away from reactive law enforcement. International Journal of Communication Law & Policy 9, 1-42.
• CARICOM. (2016). Cyber Security and Cybercrime Action Plan .
• Carnegie Mellon University-Software Engineering Institute (CMU-SEI). (2016).
• Chang, Lennon Yao-Chung. (2011). Cyber-conflict between Taiwan and China. Strategic Insight, Vol. 10(1), 26-35.
• Chang, Lennon Yao-Chung. (2012). Cybercrime in the Greater China Region: Regulatory Responses and Crime Prevention Across the Taiwan Strait . Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
• Chang, Lennon Yao-Chung, Zhong, Yueying Lena, and Grabosky, Peter. (2018). Citizen co-production of cyber security: Self-Help, Vigilantes, and Cybercrime. Regulation & Governance, Vol. 12: 101-114.
• Chang, Lennon Y. C. and Peter Grabosky. (2017). The governance of cyberspace. In Peter Drahos (ed.). Regulatory Theory: Foundations and Applications (pp. 533-551). ANU Press.
• Chile. National Cybersecurity Policy 2017-2022.
• Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation. (2014). Commonwealth ICT Ministers Forum 2014. Marlborough House, London.
• Cyber Security Agency of Singapore. (2016). Singapore's Cybersecurity Strategy .
• CyberBayKin. (2018). About the Campaign .
• Dlamini, Zama and Modise, Mapule. (2012). Cyber Security Awareness Initiatives in South Africa: A Synergy Approach. 7th International Conference on Information Warfare and Security (ICIW), University of Washington, Seattle, United States (22-23 March 2012).
• Drahos, Peter. (ed.). (2017). Regulatory Theory: Foundations and Applications . ANU Press.
• ENISA. (2014). Appendix A: Mapping of Cybersecurity Strategies .
• ENISA. (2014). An Evaluation Framework for National Cyber Security Strategies .
• ENISA. (n.d.). ENISA and Cyber Security Strategies .
• ENISA. (n.d.). Annex B - Methodology.  
• European Cyber Security Month. (n.d.). International Cyber Awareness Programs New Campaign Packet. 
• Frischmann, Brett M. (2003). The Prospect of Reconciling Internet and Cyberspace. Loyola University Chicago Law Journal, Vol. 35(1), 205-234.
• Flynn, Asher & Henry, Nicola. (forthcoming). Image-Based Sexual Abuse. In Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Oxford University Press.
• Frost & Sullivan Executive Briefing. (2017). 2017 Global Information Security Workforce Study Benchmarking Workforce Capacity and Response to Cyber Risk .
• Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre. (2018). CMM Assessments Around the World .
• Global Cyber Security Capacity Centre. (2016). Cybersecurity Capacity Maturity Model for Nations (Revised Edition). University of Oxford.
• Internet Society. (n.d.). World Summit on the Information Society.
• ISACA. (2017). ISACA Produces New Audit Program Based on NIST Framework.   
• ITU. (2018). A Guide to Developing A National Cybersecurity Strategy .
• ITU. (2017). Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI) 2017 .
• ITU. (2015). Global Cybersecurity Index & Cyberwellness Profiles.
• ITU. (2014). Understanding cybercrime: Phenomena, challenges and legal response .
• ITU. (2008). Overview of cybersecurity. Recommendation ITU-T X.1205. Series X: Data Networks, Open System Communications And Security.
• ITU. (n.d.). Cyberthreat Insight .
• ITU. (n.d.). Global Cybersecurity Agenda .
• ITU. (n.d.). National Strategies .
• ITU. (n.d.). National Cybersecurity Strategies Repository .
• Kerr, Orin S. (2003). The Problem of Perspective in Internet Law, Georgetown Law Journal, Vol. 91, 357-377.
• Kurbalija, Jovan. (2014). An Introduction to Internet Governance . 6 ^th edition. DiploFoundation.
• Lessig, Lawrence. (1999). Code and Other Laws of Cyberspace . New York: Basic Books. 
• Lessig, Lawrence. (2006). Code: Version 2.0 . New York: Basic Books.
• Lindstrom, Gustav and Eric Luiijf. (2012). Political Aims & Policy Methods. In Alexander Klimburg (Ed.). National Cyber Security Framework Manual (pp. 44-65). NATO CCD COE Publication, Tallinn.
• Maras, Marie-Helen. (2014). Transnational Security . CRC Press. 
• Masters, Jonathan. (2014). What is Internet Governance? Council on Foreign Relations.
• Morgus, Robert and Justin Sherman. (2018). The Idealized Internet vs. Internet Realities: Analytical Framework for Assessing the Freedom, Openness, Interoperability, Security, and Resiliency of the Global Internet (Version 1.0).
• Mueller, Milton. (2010). Networks and states: The global politics of Internet governance . MIT Press.
• National Security Authority (Slovakia). (2015). Action Plan for the Implementation of the Cyber Security Concept of the Slovak Republic for 2015-2020 . 
• NATO CCD COE. (n.d.). Cyber Security Strategy Documents . 
• Newhouse, William, Stephanie Keith, Benjamin Scribner, and Greg Witte. (2017). National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE). Cybersecurity Workforce Framework. NIST Special Publication 800-181.
• Nigeria. National Cybersecurity Strategy . (2014). 
• Negroponte, John D., Samuel J. Palmisano, and Adam Segal. (2013). Defending an Open, Global, Secure, and Resilient Internet . Council on Foreign Relations. Independent Task Force Report No. 70.
• NIST. (2018). Path Forward to Support Adaption and Adoption of Cybersecurity Framework: The Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity .
• OECD. (2012). Cybersecurity Policy Making at a Turning Point: Analysing a New Generation of National Cybersecurity Strategies for the Internet Economy, OECD Digital Economy Papers, No. 211.
• OECD. (2014). Principles of Internet Policy Making . 
• Pazvakavambwa, Regina. (2016). Government to promote cyber security awareness. ITWeb, 17 October 2016. 
• Proffitt, Timothy. (2007). Creating and Managing an Incident Response Team for a Large Company . 35. 
• Reich, Pauline, Pravin Anand, Vaishal Mittal, Ayushi Kiran, Anna Maria Osula, and Stuart Weinstein (2014). Internet governance: International law and global order in cyberspace. In Manfred Steger, Paul Battersby, and Joseph Siracusa. (eds.). The SAGE Handbook of Globalization (pp. 592-620), Sage.
• Seger, Alexander. (2012). Cybercrime strategies. Global Project on Cybercrime.
• Shepardson, David. (2018). U.S. defends FCC's repeal of net neutrality rules. Reuters, 12 October 2018. 
• Swedish Ministry of Justice. (2017). A national cyber security strategy . 
• Swedish Ministry of Justice. (2016). A national cyber security strategy . 
• UK Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure. (n.d.). Security Awareness Campaigns .
• UNESCO. (2015). Principles for governing the Internet: A comparative analysis.  
• UNODC. (2013). Draft Comprehensive Study on Cybercrime .
• US National Initiative for Cybersecurity Career and Studies (NICCS). Glossary.
• US White House. (2018). National Cyber Strategy 2018 . 
• Wahid, Adli. (2016). Introduction to Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT). Asia Pacific Network Information Centre. 
• Whitmore, Andrew, Namjoo Choi and Anna Arzrumtsyan. (2009). One Size Fits All? On the Feasibility of International Internet Governance. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, Vol. 6:1, 4-11.
• Working Group on Internet Governance. (2005). Report of the Working Group on Internet Governance .

 

National and international legislation and conventions

• African Union. Convention on Cyber Security and Personal Data Protection. 2014.
• Commonwealth of Independent States. Agreement on Cooperation in Combating Offences related to Computer Information. 2001. 
• Council of Europe. Convention on Cybercrime. 2001.
• Denmark. Data Protection Act. 2018. 
• Fiji. Crimes Decree 2009: Division 6 - Computer Offences .
• League of Arab States. Arab Convention on Combating Information Technology Offences. 2010.
• United Arab Emirates. Federal Law No. (1) on Electronic Commerce and Transactions. 2006.
• United Kingdom. Computer Misuse Act. 1990.
• United Kingdom. Data Protection Act. 2018.

 

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