YOUTH IN PREVENTION OF CYBER CRIME

Paper Title: Cyber Crime Awareness among the youthAuthor:

INTRODUCTIONComputer crime is a general term that embraces such crimes as phishing, credit card frauds, bank robbery, illegal downloading, industrial espionage, child pornography, kidnapping children via chat rooms, scams, cyber terrorism, creation and/or distribution of viruses, Spam and so on.

SCOPE OF STUDY To find out about the awareness

among the youth regarding cyber-crime.

To find out about the preventive measures taken by the youth while being online

To find out if they have been a victim of any kind of cyber issues/crimes

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

The primary data is collected from random 50 respondents in Mangalore city between the age group of 13 to 34.

The secondary data is gathered from websites, research papers and articles.

The samples of research were asked to answer the structured questions and the following responses have been got from the study.

Data analysis and interpretation

ON AVERAGE HOW MANY HOURS PER DAY DO YOU USE INTERNET ?

Average Hours0 - 2 15.7%3 - 5 39.2%6 - 8 31.4%

9+ 13.7%

0 - 23 = 5 6 - 8

9+

0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45

Series 1

Series 1

WHAT MOSTLY DO YOU DO ON INTERNET?

Searching 46%Chatting 60%E-Mailing 14%

Video Gaming 6%Work 8%Other

4 %

SearchingChatting

E-mailingVideo Gaming

WorkOther

0% 10%

20%

30%

40%

50%

60%

Internet usage purpose

Internet usage purpose

ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM CYBER CRIME ?

Not familiar 25.5%

Some what familiar

51%

Very familiar 23.5%

Familiarity with the term cyber crime

Not Familiarsome what familiarVery familiar

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING STATEMENTS BEST MATCHES YOUR IDEA OF WHAT CYBER CRIME IS?

Politically motivated attacks on computer systems of major

infrastructure such as airport or power plants to cause

severe damages and disruptions

9.8%

Terrorists using the computer network as a tool to spread

political propaganda to gather support and members

15.7%

A criminal activity or a crime that involves the internet, a

computer system or a computer technology

72.5%

WHICH OF THE FOLLOWING COMPUTER USERS GROUPS ARE MOST VULNERABLE TO CYBER CRIME?

User Groups

Government agencies - 13.7%Financial Institutions 31.40%Educational Institu-tions 5.90%Private Sector - 27.50%Law enforcement agencies - 3.90%Personal users - 54.90%

HAVE YOU EVER GOTTEN AN EMAIL THAT YOU WERE CERTAIN OF BEING SPAM?

Yes 41.2%No 33.3%

Don't know 25.5%

Spam E-mails

YesNoDon't know

 WHAT DID YOU DO ABOUT THE SPAM EMAIL?

 open the email and read its contents.

2.2%

I do nothing with the email. 10.9%

I simply delete the email and forget about it.

17.4%

I report the spam to my email account provider.

19.6%

HOW REGULARLY DO YOU CHANGE THE MAIL PASSWORD?

Daily 0%Weekly 3.9%

Monthly 23.5%Yearly 72.5%

Changing the password

DailyWeeklyMonthlyYearly

HAS YOUR IDENTITY EVER BEEN STOLEN ? OR, DO YOU KNOW ANYONE WHO HAS SUFFERED FROM IDENTITY THEFT ONLINE?

Yes 22%No 78%

Identity Theft

YesNo

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN CYBER BULLIED ?

Yes 6%No 48%

Do not have any idea about cyber bullying.

46%

Cyber bullying

YesNoDo not have any idea about cy-ber bullying.

DO YOU REPLY TO THE MAIL FROM UNKNOWN PERSONS ANY TIME?

Yes 6%No 82%

Sometimes 12%

HAVE YOU MET ANYONE IN PERSON, WHOM YOU ENCOUNTERED ONLY ON A SOCIAL MEDIA SITE?

Yes 25.5%

No 74.5%

DO YOU THINK PORNOGRAPHY PLAYS A VITAL ROLE IN THE INCREASE IN RAPES AND SEXUAL ASSAULT

Yes 70%No 6%

No opinion 24%

Influence of pornography

YesNoNo opinion

HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED ANY E-MAIL THAT ADVERTISED CHILD PORNOGRAPHY?

Yes 5.9%No 94.1%

Advertisnment

YesNo

DO YOU FEEL THAT YOU ARE WELL PROTECTED AGAINST CYBER CRIME.

Strongly agree 3.9%Agree 19.6%

Disagree 49%Strongly disagree 2%

Don't know 25.5%

0.00%10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%60.00% .

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SUGGESTION Use Strong Passwords Secure your computer Be Social-Media Savvy Secure your Mobile Devices Install the latest operating system

updates Protect your Data  Secure your wireless network Protect your e-identity Avoid being scammed Call the right person for help

CONCLUSION

REFERENCE http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/tops-opst/tc-

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