Computer crime and security: A survey of financial institutions in Malaysia
As the world moves towards a virtual age, the increasing use and reliance on computers can not be avoided.Indeed, the use of computers has touched every aspect of life of people around the world.On the other hand, computer technologies also have ability to destroy those benefits if they are wrongly...
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| Language: | English |
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2000
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| Online Access: | http://repo.uum.edu.my/18223/1/ETEC%202000%201-21.pdf http://repo.uum.edu.my/18223/ |
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| Summary: | As the world moves towards a virtual age, the increasing use and reliance on computers can not be avoided.Indeed, the use of computers has touched every aspect of life of people around the world.On the other hand, computer technologies also have ability to destroy those benefits if they are wrongly used to gain unethical
advantage from these technologies.Studies in United States of America, Europe and Australia show that computer crime has grown along with the increase jn the use of computers.Considering the alarming growth figures of computer crime around the world, it is believed that Malaysia too is also experiencing similar problems.So, this
study is attempts to determine the scope of computer crime in Malaysian financial institutions as well as raise the level of security awareness. The results will potentially provide us with better understanding of the threats as we gathered the database. |
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