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Overview
What you will study
- Cybercrime can be defined as "any form of criminal activity involving the use of computers and the Internet", and is also referred to as computer crime, electronic crime, e-crime, netcrime, and hi-tech crime.
- Procedural laws in South Africa have not kept pace with the more intrusive and complex investigative measures which are needed to investigate cybercrime. While there is an urgent need for this legislation, it is important for all of us to understand how it will affect us in business and in our personal lives.
- The Cybercrime in the time of the Cybercrimes Act course offered by University of Cape Town will discuss these themes.
Programme Structure
The program focuses on:
- Which part of the Act are in force?
- What are the offences and penalties imposed by the Act?
- How is the distribution of malicious communications criminalised?
- How are interim protection measures provided for?
- How is jurisdiction for the transnational dimension of cybercrimes provided for?
- How are the powers to investigate cybercrimes regulated?
- How are cross border investigations of cybercrime dealt with?
- What obligations are imposed on electronic communications service providers and financial institutions to assist in the investigation of cybercrimes and to report cybercrimes?
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 2 days
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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More details
- Registrations close three days before the course starts.
Language
English
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Criminal Law Cyber Security Criminal Justice View 3 other Short Courses in Cyber Security in South AfricaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Senior Management (who will need to manage the fallout from their company being a victim of Cybercrime).
- Attorneys, advocates and legal advisors.
- People involved with IT (or POPIA) regulatory compliance.
- All electronic communications service providers.
- Financial institutions.
- Representatives from various government departments.
- Providers or vendors of software or hardware tools that could be used to commit offences.
- Information security experts.
Tuition Fee
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International
2100 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2100 ZAR for the full programme during 2 days. -
National
2100 ZAR/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 2100 ZAR for the full programme during 2 days.
Funding
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