Cyber crime costs consumers millions of dollars per year, and it costs businesses, including banks and other credit-card issuers, even more. Nonetheless, when cyber criminals are caught and convicted, they are rarely ordered to pay restitution or sentenced to long prison terms.
(a) One group should argue that stiffer sentences would reduce the amount of cyber crime.
(b) A second group should determine how businesspersons can best protect themselves from cyber crime and avoid the associated costs?