Chapter 9
The Fight Against Cybercrime
9.1 Understanding the context
To prevent, deter, and ght cybercrime, the underlying cyberthreats and the
nature of cyberattacks should be well understood. If justice wants to pursue
cybercriminals, it is not sufcient merely to know the motivations and gen-
eral means of operating of cybercriminals; it is also necessary to recognize
and monitor illicit activities and have the means to identify and pursue crimi-
nals involved in these activities. To accomplish this, it is important to possess
appropriate means in each of the organisational, legal, procedural, technical,
and human domains. Key assumptions related to this are that:
• There exist channels for recognizing and reporting cybercrimes;
• This is ...