The Operative Level Perception of Cyber crime (Threats and Prevention ) in a Logistic Company
Odhomi, Elohor Eddy (2021)
Odhomi, Elohor Eddy
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202105138657
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-202105138657
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The Thesis work has explored the effects of cybercrime and their motives behind the actions of the hackers for taking such an act, in disrupting companies services, networks, and most obviously, the financial consequences that can lead to millions of euros.
Other areas that were covered were the types of cybercrime and their differences. The main objective of the thesis is to reveal the operative level of cybercrime in the logistic industry and the potential risk, threats, that when not properly handled could result in huge detrimental effects to the company. The responsibility of the company, in taking the initiative for prioritizing of their security major, on their internal security- for the protection of corporate data, and taking the responsibility on the cloud customer, staff, or employee rather than the cloud security provider would be discussed.
The research style used was the quantitative approach, in the gathering of data through the newsletter, from the company’s webpages (DHL). Some other sources consulted were the internet and books for the theoretical background, in giving a conceptional understanding of what cybercrime is and its potential threats.
The findings were intriguing, because, they revealed that, cybercrime is becoming soon, the most prevailing threat to companies, as well as society, since technology usage is becoming, the norm in handling information. With the current COVID 19 pandemics, making technological usage tripled, also brings alongside the unavoidable consequences of the cyber threat that most companies are not prepared for.
Conclusively, cybercrime is a modern-day issue that should be dealt with, proactively rather than reactively, if the consequence is to be minimized or prevented.
Other areas that were covered were the types of cybercrime and their differences. The main objective of the thesis is to reveal the operative level of cybercrime in the logistic industry and the potential risk, threats, that when not properly handled could result in huge detrimental effects to the company. The responsibility of the company, in taking the initiative for prioritizing of their security major, on their internal security- for the protection of corporate data, and taking the responsibility on the cloud customer, staff, or employee rather than the cloud security provider would be discussed.
The research style used was the quantitative approach, in the gathering of data through the newsletter, from the company’s webpages (DHL). Some other sources consulted were the internet and books for the theoretical background, in giving a conceptional understanding of what cybercrime is and its potential threats.
The findings were intriguing, because, they revealed that, cybercrime is becoming soon, the most prevailing threat to companies, as well as society, since technology usage is becoming, the norm in handling information. With the current COVID 19 pandemics, making technological usage tripled, also brings alongside the unavoidable consequences of the cyber threat that most companies are not prepared for.
Conclusively, cybercrime is a modern-day issue that should be dealt with, proactively rather than reactively, if the consequence is to be minimized or prevented.