Cyber-Crime and its Effects on E-Commerce Technologies

Apau, Richard; Koranteng, Felix Nti; Gyamfi, Samuel Adu

doi:10.18488/journal.104.2019.51.39.59

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“…There is also the Criminal and Other Offenses (Procedure) [ 21 ]; known as Act 30 (Act 30, 1960). The Act mandates law enforcement agencies to search and seize evidence where necessary, including digital evidence for investigation and prosecution of an offence.…”

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An overview of the digital forensic investigation infrastructure of Ghana

Apau

Koranteng

2020

Forensic Science International: Synergy

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Cybercrime incidents continue to plague economic development in the African region. Prior research indicates that millions of dollars are lost annually due to this menace. The prospects of Digital Forensics Investigation (DFI) as evident in developed countries provide hope for defeating cybercriminals. The paper assesses the effectiveness of legal infrastructure, technical mechanisms, the availability of capacity building programs, organisational infrastructure as well as the existence of cooperation mechanisms among relevant institutions in Ghana. The paper contends to the existence of legislation and mandated institutions. It concludes that, though the sector has recorded advancements over the years, the progress has been very slow leaving DFI still at an infant stage. Existing legislations are scattered and cumbersome whereas mandated institutions lack the requisite capacity. There is a need to streamline existing laws into a comprehensively harmonized legal framework. Furthermore, heavy investments must be deployed to boost the capacities of relevant institutions.

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An overview of the digital forensic investigation infrastructure of Ghana

Apau

Koranteng

2020

Forensic Science International: Synergy

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“…This number will certainly continue to grow if not balanced with proper handling. One example of a sector that has a high risk of being attacked by cybercrimes is in the field of e-commerce (Apau et al, 2019;Choi et al, 2020). If we want to make transactions through e-commerce, then we must enter our data.…”

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Strengthening Personal Data Protection, Cyber Security, and Improving Public Awareness in Indonesia: Progressive Legal Perspective

Marune

Hartanto²

2021

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The development of technology, communication, and the internet has positive and negative influences on all sectors of life in society. One of the negative impacts and problems is the alleged criminal act of buying and selling data and the absence of a special law (lex specialist) regarding the regulation of Indonesian personal data. The purpose of this research is to analyze in-depth the efforts to strengthen the protection of personal data, cyber security, and increase public awareness of the perspective of Progressive Law in Indonesia. This study uses a normative juridical method using secondary data, a statutory approach, a conceptual approach, and a case approach. This scientific paper concludes that the Synergy of Ministries and related institutions (Legislative, Executive, and Judiciary) is the key to protecting personal data and cyber resilience. Then, strengthening efforts should be made, namely immediately passing the Draft Law on Personal Data Protection (RUU PDP), forming an independent institution. However, if at this time a dispute occurs, it can be resolved by Article 30 of the ITE Law and the PMH Lawsuit (Tort), supported by a progressive legal approach and futuristic interpretation by the judge examining the quo case. The synergy of government agencies, the private sector, and other stakeholders is needed to increase public awareness by increasing education/dissemination of efforts to prevent misuse of personal data.

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“…The SMEs must be safe for both sellers and buyers because they play a very important role in the economy of many countries and so the threats and attacks against the SMEs can impact negatively on the economies of many countries. (Apau et al, 2019). Majority of SMEs are in trouble because of the continual increase in cost of cybercrimes.…”

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“…Globally, the web and the Internet provide an essential medium for Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SMEs) and offer a lot of opportunities to both SMEs and the large scale industries (Apau et al, 2019). Since there are differences in the nature of market operations and resource strengths, the adoption and integration paths of technologies into SMEs also differ (smith, 2011).…”

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“…This is a major reason for majority of small business failures (Moura & Serrão, 2018). According to (Apau et al, 2019) the annual cost to the global economy from cybercrime is estimated to be more than $400 billion, which is equal to more than the national income of most countries and governments. It cost Ghana 463 million dollars in 2012 due to cybercrime and the major reason for it was poor security practices in most organizations (Apau et al, 2019) Lack of training and knowledge on cybercrimes, spending more on other business matters and less on IT security and using old version of systems without updating were considered some of the major reasons for rise in cybercrime in Ghana (Bertino & Ferrari, 1998).…”

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The Antithetical Effect of Cybercrime on Small Medium Enterprise Smes: Public Assessment

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Notwithstanding the emergent indications and fears about the effect of cybercrime, only a few speculative studies have explored the topic to complement those published by consultancy firms, cybersecurity companies, and private institutions. The review of all these studies shows that there is no consensus on how to delineate and measure cybercrime or its effect on Small and Medium Scale Enterprises. Against this background, this research paper had four objectives namely to: determine the effect of Cybercrime on Small and Medium Scale Businesses; identify the real cost of Cybercrime to Ghana SMEs; identify the reasons for the increase of cybercrimes in Ghana SMEs and; identify the causes of cybercrime in Ghana SMEs. A cross-sectional study is used to assess the burden of cost or IT needs of a population and are particularly useful in informing the planning and allocation of IT resources. The study consists of forty-nine (49) participants. The target population is small and medium enterprises in Ghana. Simple random sampling was used to recruit and select the study respondents. As the name implies, simple random sampling means that, in this case, small and medium enterprises in Ghana will be chosen entirely by chance, and each of these enterprises in Ghana has an equal chance or probability of being selected. Furthermore, eight small and medium enterprises in Ghana were involved. And these SMEs include businesses that buy and sell, transportation companies, etc. The findings of the research confirmed the assumptions put forward since there were statistically significant variations in the proportion of people who participated in cybercrime activities based on their age and the size of the business in which they worked.

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Cyber-Crime and its Effects on E-Commerce Technologies

Cited by 20 publications

References 52 publications

An overview of the digital forensic investigation infrastructure of Ghana

An overview of the digital forensic investigation infrastructure of Ghana

Strengthening Personal Data Protection, Cyber Security, and Improving Public Awareness in Indonesia: Progressive Legal Perspective

The Antithetical Effect of Cybercrime on Small Medium Enterprise Smes: Public Assessment

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