Information Systems in the News: UCT to Measure Cybercrime

From ITWeb, 30 May 2008:

The University of Cape Town's information systems department is conducting what could be SA's first empirical survey on computer crime and security.

The study will seek to establish how severe a problem cybercrime is in SA and how business is coping with the scourge. It will also measure the extent to which computer crime is reported and compare SA's position with that of Australia and the US.

Researchers Alexa Dunnett and Julien Rizzo say they hope the survey will add to the body of information systems-related knowledge. “Computer crime has escalated considerably over recent years and has become a very serious problem that costs governments, organisations and general computer users significant losses annually, and we believe that SA is no exception to the rule,” says Dunnett.

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Posted by Adrie Stander on 03/06/2008