Cyber legislation for virtual crimes in the digital media environment: proposed draft law on cybersecurity in media organizations

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south valley university - faculty of mass communication

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The study aimed to discover cyber threats to journalistic and media institutions, and ways to prevent them, while monitoring and analyzing cyber activities over the Internet to detect and prevent attacks and identify potential vulnerabilities in networks, and the importance of educating media professionals about cyber security threats and the best practices that should be followed to prevent such cyber attacks by applying the questionnaire tool to (72) managers of information technology centers in journalistic and media institutions, in addition to conducting an in-depth interview with (18) experts from media, computer, information and law professors, and specialists in the field of cyber security, to gain a better understanding of the current status of cyber threats. The results of the study reached the role of cyber security in protecting intellectual property and protecting assets from theft and piracy, as intellectual property, such as original content and exclusive news, is considered one of the most important assets of media institutions, in addition to compliance with laws and regulations, as media institutions are subject to many laws and regulations related to data protection and privacy. Cyber ​​security also helps ensure compliance with these laws and avoid legal penalties and also increases security awareness, in addition to the need for security analysts to acquire cyber insight into sites. Media, meaning that he has insight into cyber threats, cybersecurity attacks, and cyber risks such as vulnerabilities, exploitation, security incidents, data breaches, and cybercrimes, especially cybersecurity threats in social media, social engineering attacks, and the lack of a social media policy. In conclusion, the researcher was able to present a draft of cyber legislation that regulates how to combat virtual crimes in the digital media environment.

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