Full Count?: Crime Rate Swings, Cybercrime Misses and Why We Don’t Really Know the Score

The exponential growth of cybercrimes continues to wreak havoc on governments, businesses, and individuals, and there has been progress in combating these crimes, even leading to near ubiquitous recognition of the cybercrime problem. Eileen Decker focuses the reader on the lack of understanding of these disastrous crimes as derivative of a lack of collection and… Continue reading Full Count?: Crime Rate Swings, Cybercrime Misses and Why We Don’t Really Know the Score

Advancing Accurate & Objective Cybercrime Metrics

Cybercrime has increased dramatically in this century. Although there is broad academic consensus that a dearth of official data on crimes committed in cyberspace hampers cybercrime enforcement efforts, even the most affluent nations have not yet managed to systematically catalogue cybercrime statistics. Through a detailed analysis of efforts to keep track of this ever-evolving area… Continue reading Advancing Accurate & Objective Cybercrime Metrics

Defining the Scope of “Possession, Custody, or Control” for Privacy Issues and the CLOUD Act

With a growing number of US companies storing their electronic data across country lines, US law enforcement agencies are left with the difficult task of trying to access electronic evidence stored outside of their physical jurisdictions. In response, Congress passed the Clarifying Lawful Overseas Use of Data Act (Cloud Act) in 2018 to provide the… Continue reading Defining the Scope of “Possession, Custody, or Control” for Privacy Issues and the CLOUD Act