Cyber crime: Everyone is self responsible
Date: December 01, 2004Source: Computer Crime Research Center
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So, information protection was the most crucial problem for Moscow region. The main conclusion made after the researches was simple: world community have already developed ways and methods of fighting computer viruses, spam, and other Internet misfortunes; and preventing cyber crimes – is the private business of each user, a kind of “computer hygiene” that can not be instilled in a person with the help of legislation or harsh prohibition.
The main difference between researches conducted in Russia and Europe is a level of cyber threats.
The threat of computer viruses is a great headache for Europeans. According to “Decision Markers Survey for business” 90% of respondents in Europe think that computer viruses are the main cyber threat. Data theft, online fraud and illegal access to the corporate networks bother about 15% respondents. Such misfortune as spam is not mentioned by respondents.
Moscow users appeared more vulnerable before spam: 66,7% of the large and medium companies and almost 25% of small businesses. Network warm and Trojans disquiet 60% of the Moscow Internet users. The threat of illegal access and information theft are still exotic for Russians. Only 4% of respondents specified this threat.
The technical illiteracy of Russian users is shown by the fact that only 3% of the companies’ staff passed trainings or courses on the computer and information security. For the comparison, this figure is 80% in Europe.
71,6% Moscow Internet users have antivirus software installed on the computers; 26,7% have anti-spam filters; only 12% use encrypting tool for transferring information.
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