Suffice it to say that great care should be taken when engaging and disengaging staff. Next, non-governmental resources should be harnessed whenever possible. Market forces will generate powerful influences in furtherance of electronic crime control. Given the immense fortunes which stand to be made by those who develop secure processes for electronic commerce, they hardly need any prompting from government. In some sectors, there are ample commercial incentives which can operate in furtherance of cyber-crime prevention.
Information security promises to become one of the growth industries of the coming century.
Some of the new developments in information security which have begun to emerge include technologies of authentication. The simple password for access to a computer system, vulnerable to theft or determination by other means, is being complemented or succeeded altogether by biometric authentication methods such as retinal imaging and voice or fingerprinting. Detection of unauthorised access to or use of computer systems can be facilitated by such technologies as artificial intelligence and neural networking, which can identify anomalous patterns of use according to time of day, and keystroke patterns. Next, we can enhance the Capacity of Law Enforcement. As new technologies are exploited by criminals, it becomes even more important for law enforcement not to be left behind.