Legal IT, Privacy and Cyber ​​Crime

Course Director: Elena Bassoli
Hours: 36


Prerequisites: None

Syllabus:
 

  • Fundamentals of criminal law: offenses, felonies, and misdemeanors, 2016 decriminalization, subjective and objective elements of crime. Concept of legal capacity. Types of sanctions.
  • Common online offenses: defamation, insult, identity theft, cyberstalking.
  • Cybercrime: Law 547/1993.
  • The Budapest Convention and Law 48/2008: methodologies for digital evidence acquisition.
  • Child sexual abuse material (CSAM): Law 38/2006.
  • Characteristics of Cybercrime, genesis of Cybercrime, and Digital Identity.
  • Software and intellectual property protection under Law 633/1941.
  • Personal data protection under the European General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679 (GDPR) and adapting Legislative Decree No. 101/2018.
  • 2001 International Budapest Convention on Cybercrime. Ratification Law 48/2008, EU Directive 2016/680 on personal data and law enforcement.
  • European legislation on cybersecurity: EU commitment, guiding strategies, and impact on national organizations. Overview of existing legislation (NIS2 Directive, Cybersecurity Act, CER, etc.).
  • The DPIA (Data Protection Impact Assessment) for evaluating high-risk personal data processing operations.
  • The NIST CSF 2.0 Framework.
  • National Framework for Cybersecurity & Data Protection.
  • Minimum Cybersecurity Measures for Public Administrations.
  • Metrics for vulnerability classification and rating (CVE, CVSS, MITRE).
  • References on the validity of technical standards UNI/ISO/IEC 27001.
  • Analysis of the origin of cybercrime: individual and social aspects.

Key Learning Outcomes:
Knowledge of the fundamentals of IT law, with a focus on criminal law implications related to cybersecurity. Analysis of specific criminal offenses and violations, covering common crimes committed via computer or telecommunication tools, as well as specific computer crimes introduced by Law 547/1993.
Characteristics of Cybercrime, genesis of Cybercrime and Digital Identity, overview of the transnational nature of Cybercrime.
Analysis of offenses under Law 633/1941 on copyright, Law 48/2008 implementing the Budapest Convention with amendments to the Italian Code of Criminal Procedure regarding the evidentiary value of digital evidence acquired according to international best practices in digital forensics, Law 38/2006 on child abuse material, and principles of personal data protection under European Regulation 2016/679 and Legislative Decree 101/2018.

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