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What area of the world faces the most cyber crime.
In a panel discussion at Black Hat MEA 2022, Neil J. Walsh (Head of Mission - UNODC Regional Representative to Eastern Africa) said:
“There is a false equivalence that cyber crime hits Western states more than the Middle East, more than Africa, more than Asia — it is simply not true.”
Data published by AAG suggests that:
Those stats suggest two things: cyber crime is having a serious impact on countries all around the world; but at the same time, certain countries do appear to be more acutely targeted than others.
But there’s another question to ask here – how much are statistics like these affected by regional variations in how (or if at all) breaches are reported and recorded?
And the short answer is probably a lot: global cyber crime statistics can’t be a definitive reflection of reality because different countries report in different ways.
For example:
Crime stats aside, Walsh noted that we don’t have equivalence of investigative capability, digital forensic capability, or law – and we need to develop that equivalence in order to address a global threat.
Do you think a universal definition of ‘cyber crime’ is possible?
1. YES 🤓 vote
2. NO 🤔 vote
Because cyber crime isn’t a localised problem, and a global solution can’t be developed if only a relatively small number of countries collaborate on it.
Governments, policy makers, and cyber security professionals from all over the world need to help shape a consensus: both on how to define cyber crime, and then on how to address it.
Learn more in our new blog post: Can the world agree on a definition for cyber diplomacy?
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Steve Durning
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