Exploring challenges in cybercrime investigation and plausible solution

The rapid advancement of internet technology has led to an increase in cybercrimes. In a typical scenario, online criminals manipulate loopholes within internet applications to commit crimes. There is also an ever-changing tactic employed by online criminals to avoid being detected or captured. Inve...

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Main Author: Baharudin, Akmal Hamdy
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Language:English
Published: 2020
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spelling my-utm-ep.1026822023-09-13T02:35:07Z Exploring challenges in cybercrime investigation and plausible solution 2020 Baharudin, Akmal Hamdy HB615-715 Entrepreneurship. Risk and uncertainty. Property The rapid advancement of internet technology has led to an increase in cybercrimes. In a typical scenario, online criminals manipulate loopholes within internet applications to commit crimes. There is also an ever-changing tactic employed by online criminals to avoid being detected or captured. Investigating Officers (IOs) of Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) also faced issues in cybercrime investigation such as unable to identify the culprit’s due to anonymity, encryption, cross-border jurisdiction, quality of digital forensic and quality of witness. With this being said, this research aims to explore and understand these challenges at a deeper level within the cybercrime investigation sector. To achieve this research objective, this study employed a mixed method of qualitatively and quantitatively based on the research problems and gaps of research. The researcher has conducted a face-to-face interview with IOs and the manager at the Investigation Department of MCMC using semi-structured questionnaires. The potential contribution that can be made by this study is that it provides us with detailed knowledge of problems within cybercrime investigation. Understanding this aspect at a more conceptual level may clarify steps or the standard of procedures (SOPs) required to provide a plausible solution. As the intervention towards the quality of investigation has led the researcher to publish the handbook of cybercrime investigation namely “Kesalahan Media Sosial: Manual Siasatan dan Pendakwaan” in Cycle 1 and conducting the knowledge sharing session (technical training) for IOs to maximize the organisation knowledge-related effectiveness and achieve the research objective. This strategy could increase organizational performance and successfully shows significant impact towards IOs work efficiency. The potential managerial implication of this study is that - it enhances the quality of investigation procedures and ensures the output of tasks performed by IOs are in-line with the organizational stated Key Performance Index (KPI). 2020 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/102682/ http://eprints.utm.my/102682/1/AkmalHamdyBaharudinMAHIBS2022.pdf.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:146641 masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Azman Hashim International Business School
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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language English
topic HB615-715 Entrepreneurship
Risk and uncertainty
Property
spellingShingle HB615-715 Entrepreneurship
Risk and uncertainty
Property
Baharudin, Akmal Hamdy
Exploring challenges in cybercrime investigation and plausible solution
description The rapid advancement of internet technology has led to an increase in cybercrimes. In a typical scenario, online criminals manipulate loopholes within internet applications to commit crimes. There is also an ever-changing tactic employed by online criminals to avoid being detected or captured. Investigating Officers (IOs) of Malaysia Communication and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) also faced issues in cybercrime investigation such as unable to identify the culprit’s due to anonymity, encryption, cross-border jurisdiction, quality of digital forensic and quality of witness. With this being said, this research aims to explore and understand these challenges at a deeper level within the cybercrime investigation sector. To achieve this research objective, this study employed a mixed method of qualitatively and quantitatively based on the research problems and gaps of research. The researcher has conducted a face-to-face interview with IOs and the manager at the Investigation Department of MCMC using semi-structured questionnaires. The potential contribution that can be made by this study is that it provides us with detailed knowledge of problems within cybercrime investigation. Understanding this aspect at a more conceptual level may clarify steps or the standard of procedures (SOPs) required to provide a plausible solution. As the intervention towards the quality of investigation has led the researcher to publish the handbook of cybercrime investigation namely “Kesalahan Media Sosial: Manual Siasatan dan Pendakwaan” in Cycle 1 and conducting the knowledge sharing session (technical training) for IOs to maximize the organisation knowledge-related effectiveness and achieve the research objective. This strategy could increase organizational performance and successfully shows significant impact towards IOs work efficiency. The potential managerial implication of this study is that - it enhances the quality of investigation procedures and ensures the output of tasks performed by IOs are in-line with the organizational stated Key Performance Index (KPI).
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title Exploring challenges in cybercrime investigation and plausible solution
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