cybercrime

The cybersecurity in the modern world has become global, and cyber attacks are becoming more complex and large-scale. In the system of civil and criminal justice, computer forensics helps to ensure the integrity of digital evidence presented in court cases. The purpose of this study is to develop scientifically sound proposals and recommendations for the implementation of tools for forensic research of computer tools and systems in the fight against cybercrime. The relevance of this study is due to the need to implement active ways to protect and combat cybercrime. To achieve the goal of the study, methodological principles and approaches of legal science were used. It is proposed to use computer forensic methods more widely research in the fight against cybercrime.This study identifies the types of computer forensics: forensics database; electronic forensics; malware forensics; criminology of memory; mobile forensics; network forensics. The authors foundlack of a regulatory mechanism to regulate cybersecurity, capture and use of digital evidence and the regulatory framework for international cooperation. To brought need in strengthening international cooperation and in developing appropriate policies and legislative initiatives of security and network and information systems, improvement legislation in the field countering cybercrime.

This article reviews the legal framework governing the protection of critical infrastructure in Africa with an emphasis on threats like cyberwar and cyberterrorism. As African governments and businesses increasingly depend on the internet and information systems, there is a need to enact appropriate laws to protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks that could jeopardize the economic and national security postures of African countries. The article outlines the need for appropriate legal instruments to protect critical infrastructure as African businesses increasingly rely on the internet and information systems. The lack of adequate laws regulating critical infrastructure does not translate to the absence of critical infrastructure in African countries. Ghana, for instance, has a legal framework governing critical infrastructure. These infrastructures are common in most African countries but lack the required legal framework to protect them. It is important to note that despite the Budapest Convention and African Convention on Cybersecurity and Personal Data Protection, there is no international legal framework regulating cyberwar and cyberterrorism. Considering these factors, this article reviews Ghana's Cybersecurity Act and the Directive on Critical Information Infrastructure and uses the United States framework for comparative analysis. In addition to reviewing the types of attacks critical infrastructure could face, the article looks at the legal framework for managing incidents that could arise from cyberattacks targeting critical infrastructure.