Cybercrime and Organizational Policies: A Survey of Cybercrime Cases in Kenya

Abstract

This study explores cases of cybercrime and discusses the need for national-level and organizational strategies to effectively combat the menace. Cyber threats have become so persistent; the attacks so pervasive, that organization and their leaders have essentially become inured to cyber security and an ever-increasing threat. The study reviewed existing literature and recent cases of cybercrime in Kenya and beyond to drive the focus of this paper. Common cases revealed that organizations fall victim to cyber-attacks, only then do they realize the time to take action was yesterday. In conclusion, security experts must move from their traditional reactive nature to a more proactive one. Equal priority should be on automated systems which detects the vulnerabilities as they occur, and also enable the systems to remediate these vulnerabilities immediately, before the damage occurs. Prosecutors, Law enforcement authorities, and judiciary, require developed framework, sustainable mechanisms, comprehensive technical support and solid platform for the investigation to cybercrime. The study recommended that for the digital evidence to see the light of the day in a court of law, the evidence process of acquisition, preservation, and analysis in a forensically safe manner and thus enable its presentation in court, specific equipment and software are needed and personnel and professionals concerned must be trained to recognize, properly understand, and examine the evidence presented.