Final Thoughts from the Author
In order to manage cybercrime, we need to develop and implement a number of protection strategies. Naturally, anti-malware software and risk management strategies are vital at all levels.
However, I have stated this before and continue to believe that in addition to appropriate protection strategies, a successful anti-cybercrime strategy requires a community effort. There must be a functional Internet-Interpol and ongoing consumer education, much like that conducted to encourage seat belt usage. There should be legal measures requiring people to behave in a secure and legal fashion online, as well as legal consequences to support enforcement efforts. Just as with seat belts, unrelenting long-term education is needed to gain widespread acceptance for these measures.
While I don't believe we will ever abolish cybercrime any more than we have abolished crime in the physical world, I do believe that we can make the Internet a safer place. It will take more than the measures listed above, more than a single company, and more than a single government. We need a united community of individuals that each do their little bit for online security. A community like this can and will succeed in winning against cybercrime most of the time. And most of the time is a goal worth striving for.
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