The course develops basic orientation of the students in
the legal instruments of securing protection against cybercrime by providing knowledge of the
enforced criminal and administrative legislation and its implementation, as well as practical
knowledge and skills to recognize, investigate and prevent cybercrime. The course provides
knowledge in the field of types of cybercrime, modus operandi, criminal consequences,
perpetrator’s profile, crime discovery and proving. The training methodology includes interactive
lectures, role-plays, practical tasks and simulations. It also envisages the participation of practicing
judges, prosecutors and special-unit investigators in the seminars, conducting of topic-based
seminar exercises, case-solving, visits and internship in the judiciary, prosecution and lawenforcement institutions, incl. General Directorate ‘Fight against Organized Crime’ and Interpol.
The knowledge and skill which are expected to be developed by the students establish conditions
for their high-competitive professional realization in the sectors of criminal justice, state
administration, international relations, national security, and businesses
Outcome:
After the course has been accomplished the
acquired knowledge and skills include:
- free professional usage of penal-law terminology and familiarity with the special preventive
and regulative legislation and its terminology;
- ability to recognize types of cybercrime related to abuse of or impact against information
systems, technology, or data, modus operandi and tools for their perpetration, typical crime
schemes, motivation mechanism, perpetrator’s profile;
- differentiation of criminal from non-criminal conduct;
- ability to undertake measures within students’ main professional domain to prevent
cybercrime in the area of their professional activities;
- well-integrated basic knowledge of cybercrime discovery and investigation and the ole of the
court-expertise and court experts in the evidence-gathering process, including innovative
approaches and techniques in the area;
- basic personal experience in the recognition of a cybercrime, its detection, investigation and
establishing, court-expert’s counteraction with investigation and judiciary authorities,
including team-work and performing under role-distribution.
