Development of The Prevention of Cyber Crime in Malaysia

Besides joining Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and international convention such as Budapest Convention, there were still many steps we can do to combat the cyber crimes.

In United Kingdom, Due to the increasing of the cyber crimes in United States, Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU) formed by the Metropolitan Police service and the government are fully supported by the Home Office. PCeU has provided some courses such as essential of the cyber security and the introduction of the cyber security, program such as related to cyber crimes to the police officer to let them understand and knowledgeable about the dangerous of the cyber crimes and how to respond if they meet the cyber crime cases.

Apart from that, in 2005, the websites ‘Get Safe Online’ was supported and sponsored by the Government and the industry. In this websites, it provides the services of advises the people relate to the cyber crimes, information and knowledge about how to protect themselves from the cyber crimes and also gives the tutorial how to set the antivirus software, firewalls and some content filter to the public, especially the company who works in the category of business. This websites will be in link with the National Fraud intelligence Bureau to update the public about the latest information of online threats and scams from the scammer.

Besides that, the United Kingdom government also realise that the needs to set an organisation or reporting place for the children, young person who has being threatened online, that is Child Exploitation and Online Protection command (CEOP). Functions of CEOP are to spot the perpetrators who alleged threatening the children or young person. Under CEOP official websites, there were a segment known as ‘most wanted’ list out the name and the picture of the offender that involve in child sex and abuse. With the uses of the websites, Virtual Global Taskforce is a non-government organisation helps tracking all the child abusers offenders all over the world. In order to increase the awareness of cyber crime among the children and young adults, CEOP establish a program called ‘Thinkuknow’ to let them know more about the dangerous and the action they can do when happen online harassment or online bullying. The children and young adults who suffer from cyber bullying and account hacking also can seek help through CEOP or the website that runs under CEOP.

Apart from that, United Kingdom also keep review and raise the standard to keep the children and young person away from the cyber crimes, for example, UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) has establish a campaign known as ‘click clever, click safe’ and under this campaign comes out with the conduct code known as ‘ Zip it, Block it, Flag it’. Zip it means think carefully before you write something online, Block it means block the user who keep spamming unknown attachments or links while Flag it means flag out someone when someone online asking you out. These conduct code ensure the children and young adult safe online. United Kingdom not just keep enhance its own legislation, launches types of programs but also joining some international conventions such as United Nations, G7 and the Council of Europe Cybercrime convention to discuss together with other country relate to some big issues such as the ways to combat the cyber crimes.

In United States, Federal Bureau of investigation (FBI) is leading agency to the case that involves the cyber crimes. The threads of cybercrime to the country becoming more common place, more un-safety and sophisticated, for examples, the company maybe involve in the scenarios that have hackers try to hack into the company’s confidential data, citizens maybe involve in scenarios of identity thief, the online predators also targeted the children and young adults. So under FBI, they form a cyber division to decrease the cyber crimes. FBI also establishes a websites known as ‘Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3)’ to let the public has an alternative way to complain the crimes related to the cyber crimes.

United States government also form an organisation known as National Computer Security Survey (NCSS). NCSS work with the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD) and Bureau of Justice Statistics in order to create an accurate data relate to cyber crimes to the public. The function of the NCSS are to collect a useful and reliable data and information relate to which types of the cyber crimes that the public faced the most and also the number of losses by the public who faced the cyber crimes, it also provides the details of how the offenders commit cyber crime to the citizens or the company to let the public knows their pattern of commit crime and it creates awareness among the public. Internet Crimes against Children (ICAC) Task Force investigates the offenders who commit online sexual harassment or online bullying to the children or young adults. United states also join some international organisations which enforce the cybercrime laws such as Interpol, Europene Cybercrime Center and NATO Cooperative Cyber Defense Centre. Firstly, the Interpol is an organisation who detects the cyber crime and also lists out some prevention to the member of this international organisation to prevent the cyber crimes keep increasing in their own country. Secondly, the European Cybercrime Center plays an important role to assist the United Nations to combat against the cybercrime or more even worst the terrorism. In order to strengthen the law enforcement related to the cyber crime and also protects the public from the cyber crimes, Europol work with the non-member of the United States and some international organisation then come out with European Cybercrime Centre (EC3). The function of the European Cybercrime centre is to deals with big issues such as cyber attack that are done by some criminal organizations. While, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre focuses more about the researches and training relate to the development, education of cyber law.

In my opinion, I think that Malaysia should follow the development countries such as United Kingdom and United States footsteps to establish some organisation, websites or programmes such as United Kingdom open the course relate to the cyber security to the police officer to enable the police officer can help the public. Besides that, both country also establish websites to protect the children from cyber crimes such as ‘Get Safe Online’, and also establish some campaign such as ‘Thinkuknow’ and ‘click clever, click safe’, so I think that Malaysia should creates more websites and campaign to create awareness of the dangerous of cyber crime among the public especially children and young adults. Besides that, I think that Malaysia should join more international convention as the convention may gives some advises relate to the prevention of cyber crime, then our country can find a best solution to combat the cyber crimes.