Abstract
IA is not a luxury but a necessity because intentional and unintentional acts are constantly occurring that place information at risk. With the advent of the global information infrastructure based on the Internet, more people have more access to more systems and more information than at any other time in our history. Many of these individuals make human errors that adversely impact information. There are also a small but growing group of people who have taken advantage of the vulnerabilities of these systems to steal, modify, destroy, or deny use of them and the information that they store, process and transmit. This chapter will address this world of crime; as well as the conduct of inquiries, investigations and forensic examinations.
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Blyth, A., Kovacich, G.L. (2001). The Information World of Crime. In: Information Assurance. Computer Communications and Networks. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3706-1_4
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