Perception of internet usage and its impact on cyber-crime in Sri Lanka internet usage and relationship with cyber-crime
Samadara Methmali · 2016
The research based to identify the internet usage and cyber-crime relationship. For the research study I use qualitative research approach as well as quantitative data, literature review related to the cyber-crime growth, motivation factor for cyber-crime, cyber-crime and protection, cost of cyber-crime. Primary data collected by distributing questionnaires to the IT specialist consists of 300 respondents. The respondents are collect within three months' time duration. Secondary data collected from literature studies. Research subject consist what is the cause of occur cyber-crime by using internet. The result of this study and analysis the possibility of happen cyber-crime with deferent factors. Selected sampling method is simple random sampling. According to the gathered data Password pin passed authentication method is the most popular authentication method. And the highest percentage represent by password pin based authentication. Installing antivirus and antispyware software program is got high percentage there for I conclude the most popular system security method is installing antivirus and antispyware software programs. According to the gathered responds 47% peoples are not familiar with cyber-crime news and 53% are not familiar with ICT news. Most peoples never write down password and usernames and most of them are never access internet from cafe. When consider the relationship with cyber-crime there is no relationship between the causes of cybercrime to the system security while using internet. Next test used to identify the relationship between cyber-crime and unawareness of cybercrime. So according to the finding there is a positive relationship between the causes of cybercrime to the unawareness in cybercrime. There is a relationship for cyber-crime to the authentication. And final test used to identify the relationship between cyber-crime and confidential information. The result is there is a relationship between the causes of cybercrime to the negligent with the confidential information. I can conclude there is a relationship between cybercrime and unawareness of cyber-crime, cyber-crime and authentication, cyber-crime and authentication. According to the literature review AmmarYassir research mention cyber-attacks on matching connected to the internet has been increased by 260%. (AmmarYassir, 212). In this research mention, in 2010 cybercrime complaints are growths by considering the 2000 cybercrime complaints. There for cybercrime attacked are grown up. Laura Vozmediano research mention cyber-crime attacked are grown by comparing 2010 with 2000. (Laura Vozmediano, n.d.). There for in view of the researches there is a relationship between cyber-crime and internet usage. Furthermore Research concludes the numbers of internet users are directly implication to increase cybercrime by affecting information systems. Because of the some movies like WarGames and Softley' hackers were motivated because of the character of the film. The film character of the hacker is a brilliant and romantic guy and that guy breaks the law for the noble purposes. (NilkundAseef, 2005) Protection side of the cyber-crime researches mention deferent conclusions what they identify. Research by (Er. Harpreet Singh Dalla, 2013) Mention how to prevent from cyber-crime. One is avoid revealing personal information to outsiders, the person who doesn't know, via email or social network. Another main step is avoided sending photograph via online, updating anti-virus software to guard systems form virus attacks, keeping back up. The research thesis will help full to gain a good knowledge of cybercrime and internet Usage in Sri Lanka.