| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 251 pages) |
| Contents |
The global cybercrime industry and its structure : relevant actors, motivations, threats, and countermeasures. The rapidly rising global cybercrime industry ; Economic, social, and political impacts of cybercrimes ; Methodological, conceptual, logical, and statistical problems in estimating cybercrime ; Trends in cybercrimes ; Types of classification of cybercrimes ; Relevant actors associated with cybercrimes ; Motivations associated with cybercrimes ; Businesses' countermeasures to combat cybercrimes ; Concluding comments -- Simple economics of cybercrime and the vicious circle. Introduction ; Economic factors affecting crimes ; Economic processes motivating a cyber-criminal's behavior ; Structure of cybercrimes : the vicious circle ; A cyber-criminal's cost-benefit calculus ; Concluding comments -- An institutional perspective on cybercrimes. Introduction ; Institutional theory ; Viewing cybercrimes through the prism of the literature on institutions ; Institutions at different levels influencing cyberattacks ; Concluding comments -- Increasing returns and externality in cybercrimes. introduction ; Increasing returns and feedback loops in cybercrimes ; Mechanisms associated with externality in cybercrimes ; Inefficiency and congestion in the law-enforcement system ; Diffusion of cybercrime know-how and technology ; Increased predisposition toward cybercrime ; Concluding comments -- Institutional field evolved around cybercrimes. Introduction ; The theoretical framework : institutional field ; Institutional field change mechanisms ; Institutional evolution ; Institutional field formed around cybercrimes ; Concluding comments -- Information and communications technologies, cyberattacks, and strategic asymmetry. Introduction ; Strategic asymmetry and ICTs ; Institutional and organizational factors linked with positive and negative asymmetries ; Concluding comments -- Global heterogeneity in the pattern of the cybercrime industry. Introduction ; The global digital security threat : a brief survey ; Pattern of global cyber-war and crime : a proposed model ; Concluding comments -- Structure of cybercrime in developing economics. Introduction ; A brief survey of cybercrimes in developing countries ; Economic and institutional factors related to cybercrimes in developing economics ; Concluding comments -- Institutional and economic foundations of cybercrime business models. Criminal entrepreneurship and business models in the digital world ; Business model and their components : applying in the context of the cybercrime industry ; The Internet and organized crime groups' reinvention of business models ; Cybercrime operators and legitimate businesses : selling concept vs. marketing concept ; Quality uncertainty, technological information, and market information ; Developing of dynamic capabilities ; Concluding comments -- The global click fraud industry. Introduction ; Clicks and value creation in the Internet economy ; A survey of click fraud ; A click fraudster's cost : benefit calculus ; Concluding comments -- Concluding remarks and implications. Where do we go from here? ; Implications for businesses ; Implications for consumers ; Implications for policy makers ; Directions for future research ; Final thought |
| Summary |
This book is about the global cybercrime industry, which according to some estimates, is a US1 trillion industry and is growing rapidly. It examines economic and institutional processes in the cybercrime industry, provides insights into the entrepreneurial aspect of firms engaged in cyber-criminal activities, takes a close look at cybercrime business models, explains the global variation in the pattern of cybercrimes and seeks to understand threats and countermeasures taken by key actors in this industry. This book's distinguishing features include the newness, importance, controversiality and |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| In |
Springer eBooks |
| Subject |
Computer crimes.
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Computer crimes -- Economic aspects
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Computer crimes -- Prevention
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Computer crimes -- Prevention -- Economic aspects
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Ethics.
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information technology.
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ethics (philosophy)
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TRUE CRIME -- White Collar Crime.
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Affaires.
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Science économique.
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Economie de l'entreprise.
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Computer crimes
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Computer crimes -- Prevention
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Computerkriminalität
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Internet
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783642115226 |
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3642115225 |
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