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Cyber Crime Task Force Plan Name: Institution: Date: Executive Summary The main priorities for the St. Louis County cyber criminal task force will focus on online fraudulent activities, identity theft, child exploitation and pornography. Online fraud poses huge challenges for both private and public organizations as fraudsters can manipulate information to their advantage. Furthermore, fraud compromises national security and has the potential to affect people beyond the state of Missouri. Identity theft is a growing menace in St. Louis and the world at large posing risk to personal information and leading to fraudulent activities. Despite parent`s best efforts to protect their children from online predators, the issue of child exploitation is still present, and there is a need for concerted efforts among government agencies, intelligence analysts and the community to stop these illegal activities. Introduction For business leaders especially in the financial world, cyber crime presents unique challenges because of increased reliance on technology. On one hand, computer technology has positively changed the work place, but on the other there have been increased cases of cyber crime leading to huge losses for businesses (Mohay et al., 2003). Even though, past cases of cyber crime focused on intellectual property, governments are now more worried on attacks that could compromise national security. Thus, the US Federal government has been in the fore front asking for prosecution of cyber criminals. In St. Louis County, cyber criminals have the potential to disrupt businesses, public services provision as well as engage in identity theft and this could have negative repercussions for the county. Cyber crime threats in St. Louis County, Missouri In the county, the most likely crime threat is identify threats through cyber criminals; cyber crooks are now infiltrating computer networks to gain access to personal information. Even though, attacks m...
