ABSTRACT
The impacts of cybercrime can be extensive. Aside from the financial harms caused there are also wider impacts that can occur, such as the potential reputational damage when an organisation experiences a cybersecurity breach. In the case of incidents such as romance scams the person targeted may experience extensive psychological and emotional suffering. Identifying those individuals who are at greater risk of being targeted by cybercriminals could help with prevention and intervention strategies. However, there are mixed results from the research literature on who is most likely to be a victim of cybercrime, partly due to issues around reporting of cybercrime. The challenges in preventing people from becoming a victim of cybercrime raises the issue of resilience. Resilience has different definitions, but broadly refers to positive adaptation in the face of adversity. This chapter explores the research evidence on victimology in cybercrime, and how resilience can be encouraged at individual and organisational levels to empower people to use cyber-attacks as a learning experience that can help them avoid being a victim of similar attacks in future.
