Crypto Crime and Business Security Course

Cryptocrime is set to cost businesses £25bn ($30bn) by 2025 and, upon impact, can cause severe organizational reputational damage. Crypto platforms are often used as core enabling tools, exploited to fund and facilitate terrorism, narcotics and human trafficking, abuse and sexual offences, cyber espionage, high-value business fraud and extortion.  

During the past decade, blockchain technology has evolved and become more widely available and utilizable. We now live in a ‘multi-chain’ security environment, whereby dozens of lesser-known crypto-platforms and blockchains (beyond the Bitcoin-sphere) account for more than £20bn (80%) of harmful, illicit activity.

Cryptocrime nowadays poses a substantial business security and organizational resilience risk that requires consideration beyond well beyond the confines of specialist financial investigators or workplace silos.  

Using non-technical terms, and everyday-business examples, this business security course explains the Crypto threat landscape for all personnel who are responsible for organizational security and resilience within the workplace. Our tutor uses case studies from investigations and business crime scenarios.  

Content:

1. Context of illicit crypto ecosystem
2. Criminal analysis overview
3. Cybercrime services
4. Trafficking of stolen goods
5. Narcotics trafficking and offences
6. Human trafficking
7. Sexual abuse and exploitation material
8. Murder and K&R for hire
9. Terrorist financing
10. Other terrorist activity
11. Bribery and corruption
12. Industrial espionage
13. Export control and sanctions evasion
14. Fraud and business scams
15. Market manipulation
16. Money laundering
17. Misappropriation of funds
18. Extortion
19. Business theft and robbery
20. Fake and bogus exchanges (parasite VASPs)
21. Good practices for Prevention – intelligence, due diligence, cyber defenses

Format: Online 8 hours with quizzes

Award: CSARN Global Cyber Academy Certificate of Achievement

About the Tutor: Richard Bingley began his career in IT Management before the much mooted ‘millennium bug’ impacted upon our computer systems! He is a highly-experienced government and corporate communications and security practitioner, senior university lecturer, and multiple security book author. His recent book ‘Combatting Cyber Terrorism: a guide to understanding the cyber threat landscape and incident response planning’ (2024) was nominated for the ‘Real Cyber Awards’.