Which theory of cybercrime is the best and should we dismiss the bad ones ? Dr Thomas Dearden, assistant professor of sociology at Virginia Tech joins us to discuss the comparison of theory and how we go about selecting research approaches and the impact that might have on cybercrime and our research of it. Scott Wright joins us with his suggestions as to what we should be researching.
About our Guest:
Thomas Dearden
Scott Wright
https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottwright/
Mentioned in this Episode:
France moving away from deterrence.
“using a deterrent approach in cyberspace that would force any attacker to exercise restraint against France is fanciful, but adopting response strategies that galvanise all the options the State has available, both European and international, means cyber attacks can be made particularly costly for attackers”- pp 131, page 39.
Secrétariat général de la défense et de la sécurité nationale (2022) National strategic review 2022 République Française
http://www.sgdsn.gouv.fr/uploads/2022/12/rns-uk-20221202.pdf
Australia moving towards deterrence.
Reuters 2022, 11 November Australia unveils joint cyber police taskforce to 'hunt down' hackers
The name of the mobile game developed in Vietnam was Flappy Bird.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flappy_Bird
Other:
Apologies for the audio in this one, we were in a room that suddenly became a lot more crowded after we pressed record. If you hear yourself in the background, next time come over and say 'hi'.