OJUAWO, Olutayo and ABIBU, A. A (2016) Legal and Ethical issues in Curbing Cybercrime in Nigeria. In: The 13th National Conference, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). Hospitality Management Hall, School of Technology Annex, Kano State polytechnic, Kano., 2016, Kano State polytechnic, Kano..
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Abstract
The Internet is one of the fastest-growing areas of technical infrastructure development. Over the past decades, the growth of the internet and its use afforded everyone this opportunity. The internet makes boundless open doors for business, social, and educational activities. Internet has been an instrument in aiding crimes ranging from bank fraud, unauthorized access to confidential information, sabotage of data in computer networks of some organizations. Cybercrime occurs by the use of computer and internet by attackers to commit crime. Types of cybercrime are identified as spamming, cyber terrorism, cyber stalking, and identity theft amongst others. With Nigeria approaching a cashless society, cybercrime should be minimized, if not eradicated. In preventing cybercrime, citizens as well as police are required to be involved. The police force lack specialists in its investigating unit to deal with cybercrime. This paper discusses about the different types of cybercrime, review of cybercrime laws, the challenges in enforcing cybercrime laws in Nigeria and the legal framework for enforcing cybercrime laws that provide an effective, unified, regulatory and institutional framework for the comprehensive, legal, prohibition, prevention, detection, prosecution and punishment of cybercrimes in Nigeria.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Engineering, Science and Mathematics > School of Electronics and Computer Science |
| Depositing User: | Mr Taiwo Egbeyemi |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Jun 2020 14:03 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Jun 2020 14:03 |
| URI: | http://eprints.federalpolyilaro.edu.ng/id/eprint/497 |
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