Topic: Challenges to internal security through communication networks, role of media and social networking sites in internal security challenges, basics of cyber security; money laundering and its prevention.
5. Discuss different types of cybercrimes with examples and suggest measures required to be taken to fight the peril in India. (250 words)
Reference: The Hindu
Why the question:
The article explains that from an occasional and sporadic instance of a cyber-attack previously, cyberattacks on institutions such as banks and on critical infrastructure have proliferated to an alarming extent, signaling the emergence of the cyber weapon epoch.
Key Demand of the question:
Discuss different types of cybercrimes with examples and measures required to be taken to fight the menace in India.
Directive:
Discuss – This is an all-encompassing directive – you have to debate on paper by going through the details of the issues concerned by examining each one of them. You have to give reasons for both for and against arguments.
Structure of the answer:
Introduction:
Start the answer by briefly discussing what you mean by cybercrimes.
Body:
Cybercrime is defined as a crime where a computer is the object of the crime or is used as a tool to commit an offense. Today, Cybercrimes are at an all-time high, impacting individuals, businesses, and countries.
Discuss various types of Cybercrimes; Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) Attacks, Botnets, Identity Theft, Cyber stalking, Phishing etc. and measures required to tackle them.
Suggest need to overcome these challenges.
Conclusion:
Conclude that given the dependence of information technology in the present era, the need of the hour for the governments is to develop core skills in cybersecurity, data integrity and data security fields while also setting stringent cybersecurity standards to protect banks and financial institutions.
