Effects of Cybercrime on State Security:Types, Impact and Mitigations with the Fiber Optic Deployment In Kenya

Peterson Magutu,Christopher Ipu,Gladys Ondimu

doi:10.5171/2011.618585

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Abstract

The identification of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as an essential tool for sustainable development has proved to be worth every investment. As a result of this, Internet usage in Kenya has grown rapidly resulting in the explosion of Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Internet access points. The general objective of this study was to model the impact of Cybercrime on security in Kenya, Nairobi as the case study. This was a census study on modeling the effects of Cybercrime on the security in Nairobi. Thirty one (31) out of the 3ifty one (51) responded giving a response rate of 60.78% percent. It was found that the Cybercrime is prevalent in Nairobi although largely unreported. To a great extent, it was discovered that Internet Service Providers had established basic measures in order to curb the growing cyberspace crimes; as spamming activities remain prevalent in Kenya. Also, to a great extent the Criminal Investigation department (CID) and Communications Commission of Kenya (CCK) have recognized that cybercrime is a growing threat to security in Nairobi and have collaborated with ISP’s to implement measures.

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BackgroundCybercrimes poses a great threat to the national security of all countries, even technologically developed countries like the USA suffer from it (Darpan, 2008)
It was discovered that Internet Service Providers had established basic measures in order to curb the growing cyberspace crimes; as spamming activities remain prevalent in Kenya
The respondents were asked to indicate the forms of cybercrime prevalent in Kenya, on a five likert-scale where Very Great Extent = 5; Great Extent = 4; Average extent = 3; Small Extent = 2; Very Small Extent = 1

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Cybercrimes poses a great threat to the national security of all countries, even technologically developed countries like the USA suffer from it (Darpan, 2008). These cyberspace crimes results in companies and government institutions to lose billions of dollars, for example, the Russian organized crime groups were known to be involved in telecommunications fraud including cloning cellular phones, which cost billions in lost revenues. By the mid 1970s researchers began studying ‘‘computer abuse’’ because in those days, harmful activities committed with computers were not prohibited by computer crime laws. By the 1980s all this began to change, with more and more computers interconnected

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