Investigating non-criminal methods of preventing employees from committing crimes in cyberspace

the emergence of information and communication technology and its wide and deep impact on various dimensions of human life has caused the emergence of new crimes and the migration of a major part of crimes from the physical space to the virtual space; Therefore, the aim of this research, is reviewing non-criminal methods of preventing employees from committing crimes in cyberspace.

This research is applied in terms of a mixed approach and in terms of a descriptive analytical method, it is a survey type, and it was conducted using exploratory studies and structured interviews with 7 experts, and due to the lived experience and specialized knowledge of the studied community of experts. And the experts working in one of FATEB's police stations have been used and sampling has been done in full (37 people).

due to the normality of the questionnaire data, parametric tests (T-test and Friedman's ranks) were used to rank the dimensions, components and indicators of the research, and based on Friedman's test, among the research components, the protective and preventive measures component was 94.1 Percentage; the component of educational and awareness measures with 93.4%; the situational prevention component observing the virtual environment with 92.8% and the situational prevention component observing the individual in the virtual space with 89.4% had the highest to the lowest factor loading, respectively. In addition to the preventive measures of monitoring the virtual environment and monitoring the individual, the organization should promote preventive measures and effective countermeasures in the cyber space by promoting educational measures and awareness, protection, regular warning programs, explaining the consequences and legal consequences.