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1 results foundAuthor: Muggah, Robert Title: A Fine Balance: Mapping Cyber (in)Security in Latin America Summary: This Strategic Paper examines the character and dynamics of cyber-crime and the ways in which it is being addressed in Latin America. A particular focus is on what might be described as “new criminality” emerging in cyberspace – organized criminal hacking, identity theft, advanced credit card fraud and online child exploitation. The Paper draws on a review of the public and grey literature from more than thirty countries and interviews with dozens of experts across the sub-continent to shed light on the present cyber-security and cyber-defence architecture being erected in Latin America. Overall, it finds that Latin America exhibits a heterogeneous landscape when it comes to cyber-crime. And while all countries have witnessed a surge in cyber-crime, threats and responses tend to be clustered in specific countries, such as Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cost Rica, the Dominican Republic and Mexico, where online populations and internet penetration rates are highest. This Strategic Paper finds that: • Latin American governments are only beginning to adopt laws, institutions and countermeasures to combat online criminality: At a regional level these efforts are being coordinated through the Organization of American States (OAS) and include harmonizing national legislation and adopting the Comprehensive Inter-American Strategy to Combat Threats to Cyber-Security; • Latin American country responses to cyber-crime are increasingly aligned: Most Latin American states are pursuing a 4-pillar strategy that includes: (i) the adoption of relevant legal frameworks; (ii) the creation of specialized law enforcement agencies; (iii) the formation of Computer Security Incident Response Teams (CSIRTs); and (iv) the establishment of specialized units within the executive branch of government; • Latin America´s civil society plays a major – if under-valued – role in cyber-security governance: Due to the decentralized character of the internet and overlapping forms of horizontal collaboration, civil society is in some cases far ahead of governments in assessing cyber-threats and formulating responses. Internationally, a number of non-governmental entities actually control systemic features of the worldwide web such as the attribution of domain names; and • Notwithstanding its comparative strengths and real exposure to cyber-threats, the private sector is less engaged in promoting and engaging in cyber-security across Latin America: Many larger corporations in the banking and services sectors are non-transparent about the scale of the threats they are facing. Owing to their desire to avoid loss in market share, they typically adopt low-key, periodic, and restricted actions. By contrast, companies involved in information technology manufacturing and services markets are more involved in supporting digital platforms designed to raise awareness. The Strategic Paper proceeds in several sections. The first section considers the conceptual gap which frustrates coherent approaches to addressing cyber-crime. While few experts dispute the risks presented by new forms of online criminality, there are no accepted definitions of cyber-crime, making it difficult to harmonize legislation and pursue investigations requiring transnational cooperation. Section two reviews the scale and dimensions of cyber-crime in Latin America, focusing primarily on the so-called new criminality. The third section provides a general review of regional approaches to containing cyber-crime, including legal conventions, guidelines and emerging practices, while Section four examines the operational responses of governments, private sector and non-governmental organizations. The final section offers some concluding reflections on future research directions. Details: Rio de Janeiro: Igarape Institute and The SecDev Foundation, 2012. 24p. Source: Internet Resource: Strategic Paper 2: Accessed March 20, 2013 at: http://igarape.org.br/wp-content/themes/igarape_v2/pdf/Strategic_Paper_02_23maio_WEB.pdf Year: 2012 Country: Central America URL: http://igarape.org.br/wp-content/themes/igarape_v2/pdf/Strategic_Paper_02_23maio_WEB.pdf Shelf Number: 128047 Keywords: Computer CrimesCyber SecurityCybercrime (Latin America)Internet Crime |