Cyber Crime Prevention and Role of Libraries

The concept of cyber crime or cyber attack which was more known in the Western world is making its presence in developing countries like India. There has been an increase in Internet accessibility and in the last few years which could pose a serious problem for the Internet users. India is in a step forward to tackle the situation. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to review the current scenario of supportive issued to the increase in cyber crime in India and the probable attempts to prevent such crimes. This paper also emphasizes on the role of academic library in guiding its user community to prevent the white collar crimes.