CYBERCRIMES - Paper Presentation For Civil Engineering

Today an increasing number of companies are connecting to the Internet to support sales activities or to provide their employees and customers with faster information and services. The virtual world has taken over the real one, E-business and E-commerce, which are the new mantras and electronic transactions and dominate the overall business paradigm. In this rapidly evolving e-world that depends on free flowing information, security is the major problem to be considered. Security on Internet is challenging. Security on an Internet is important because information has significant value. Implementing security involves assessing the possible threats to one’s network, servers and information. The goal is then to attempt to minimize the threat as much as possible. This developing world of information technology has a negative side effect. It has opened the door to antisocial and criminal behavior.