From the Informatic Crime to the Informatic Criminality

Abstract

Although the digital world brings enormous benefits, it is also vulnerable. Cyber space incidents, either intentional or accidental, are rising to an alarming level and could disrupt the provision of essential services. State economies are already affected, to a great extent, by cybercrime activities against individuals, public and private sectors. Virtual criminals use more and more complex methods for penetrating into computer systems, such as critical data theft or repositories. Cyber security has become a component of the security of all states, which, according to international conventions and treaties, can be achieved through the knowledge, prevention and counteraction of attacks and threats, as well as by diminishing the vulnerabilities of cyber infrastructure for the effective management of all security risks prevention, and fight against cybercrime and, last but not least, cyber defense. The provision in the new Criminal Code of possible or facilitated offenses by new information and communication technologies, in particular crimes against the security and integrity of systems and computer data, is a necessary action to synchronize our criminal law at the highest level with European law and as well as the necessary response to the exponential growth of this type of crime.

Keywords

• informatics crime
• informatics criminality
• informatics data and systems
• cybercrime