- The Evolution of Crime: The unique attributes of cyberspace includes the issue of anonymity, meaning hacker sand cyber criminals using severe and advanced encryption and coding to hide their identities and presence. These unique attributes also include the speed at which cyber attacks at committed and criminals being smart enough to hide their locations to make tracking them down even more difficult. Fraud is the most common but also most frequent crime that is traditional but is harder to prosecute as more criminals use more technology to get away with it. Digital fraud can be difficult because it could happen across state lines, possibly internationally and digital evidence can be easily erased or manipulated.
- The Academic Gap: There is a lag between these 2 fields because of how rapidly we are creating new leaps in technology. Innovation waits for no one, not even criminals, meaning that the more we strive to advance and create, criminals will also learn to adapt and use that to their advantage. It is our job to ensure that those who work in criminal justice fields are properly equipped with all the knowledge and information necessary as well as given the proper training. Academia tends to progress slower than technological advancements, therefore creating a gap in their synergy.
- The Interdisciplinary Future: Insider Threat management works as a bridge between traditional social sciences and STEM disciplines by connecting the why, social sciences, with the how, STEM disciplines and how those actions become apparent in digital systems.
- Conclusion: In my opinion I believe the criminal justice system should focus on properly training all experts and employees within the system to be equipped to handle certain aspects of cyber crime, I do not believe the entire burden of cyber crimes should rely solely on the average cop, detective or crime data analyst. I think in addition to the training, that a special unit or group be created that is dedicated to solving and preventing cyber crimes and catching cyber criminals. Cops should be trained to handle digital evidence, however there needs to be a separate division that can access, use and identify cyber evidence that cops cannot. It will take multiple departments and individuals to utilize the benefits of cyber and digital data/evidence to help solve cyber crimes.