Cyber Defense eMagazine February Edition for 2023

lives and works. The topic is tough, but there will be provided some insights, as well as
suggestions how to analyze the cybercrime in its preparation and planning, further in its attack
phase and finally, after the entire event when the hackers have left an incident spot, so far.
Keywords: cybercrime, technology, crime prevention, intelligence, risk management, etc.
1. Introduction
Going far away into past the mankind has always been challenged with a wide diversity of the
security risks and threats. With the first countries in a pre-historical period of time there have
come some needs to protect own territory, train armies for the wars and manage risks to peace
in own society. The history of defense goes deeply in the past times and some of those security
doctrines are well-studied and applied even today. The crime has been present throughout all
times and for such a reason there has appeared a need to make the first laws and introduce the
very first law enforcement organizations which could assure the interests of the countries and
enforce the people dealing with legality. The crime was always unwelcome as it means losses
in people’s lives, economic values and the entire areas being under the rulership of some state.
Many people had their countries in the past, but once ruined from inside by the crime and
attacked from outside from their opponents they simply stopped to exist and their people even
vanished or remained some ethnic group coping as a national minority on some territory. Before
the introductory of the legal regulations the people lived in the fear anyone could threaten their
life as no one was punished for, say, killing someone as there were no laws to be obeyed and
enforced. In that time, many were lived in the fear they will simply be the victims of someone’s
aggression and there would be no one to protect them. That’s why the legal system is a great
improvement in the history of the humankind as those who knew they would suffer the
restrictions and sanctions for not obeying the law could figure out at that time it was the very
beginning of the crime prevention strategies. In other words, with the upcoming law enforcement
and strong state that could manage the order and peace within its borders many potential
criminals just gave up from hurting anyone because they knew they would get back. Indeed, if
anyone is giving up from committing the crime that’s the best possible crime prevention as such
a criminal justice case will never occur. Let’s say that was a good tactic for the ancient times,
but with the development and progress of the entire civilization the challenges have received a
new shape, but the crime prevention yet remained recognized as an emerging problem in
security.
On the other hand, the novel epochs have brought new challenges in the crime prevention and
maybe it’s not feasible destroying the crime, but its rate can be significantly reduced providing
fewer headaches and better quality of life to the majority of the community members. According
to the recent criminology concepts, the criminal needs, as well as anyone else’s drives are
deeply economy-based. Someone will make harm to someone else for the money which comes
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