Security and Threats of Information Society in Russia

Pavel A. KABANOV

Liliya R. KHAIRUTDINOVA

Leisan BULANOVA

 

Abstract

It is essential to note that computer crimes are increasingly coming to light as one of the newest threats to global security. This problem has become ever more urgent for the Russian Federation over the last several decades. The primary goal of this paper is to raise awareness regarding countermeasures against cyber criminal activity. The authors of this paper invite cyber crime scholarly community and specialists of the field to contemplate the real grounded measures and mechanisms of deterring criminals from launching vigorous cyber attacks. The paper will examine how cyber crime statistics varied for the 1997 to 2014 period, and what elaborate law enforcement efforts contributed to the cyber security sector in Russia.

Keywords: cybercrime, computerized information, phishing attacks, Internet technology, the Internet, legislation, Russia.