NCJ Number
75032
Journal
Security Industry and Product News Volume: 10 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1981) Pages: 24-26
Date Published
1981
Length
3 pages
Annotation
The high cost of computer-related crimes and the ineffectiveness of current security measures are examined to illustrate the threat this type of crime poses to society and the need for stronger security measures.
Abstract
In recent years, the expanded use of computers without a parallel growth in security measures against physical attacks on systems or against internal manipulation of data has given rise to an extremely lucrative field of criminal endeavor whose detection depends on a considerable amount of luck. A good deal of the security problem stems from post-Watergate privacy legislation, which protects criminals and hampers effective exchange of information between the public and private sectors. Education of law enforcement and court personnel in this area will facilitate bringing computer criminals to justice, as will streamlined rules of evidence and court procedures and heightened cooperation between members of the public and private security sectors. Footnotes (15) are included.