Cyber Crime in Pharmaceutical Companies

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to aware people about cyber security in
pharmaceutical companies and how to prevent them.
Cybercrime is a crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer
may have been utilized within the commission of a wrongdoing, or it may be the
target or it is the use of a computer as an instrument for unlawful activities such as
committing extortion, identity theft, or damaging privacy.

Design/ Methodology/ Approach: This paper portrays around the common
zones where cyber crime usually occurs in pharmaceutical companies and
how to prevent them. The paper also show the studies made on top 10 world
pharmaceutical companies and top 10 Indian pharmaceutical companies on the
basis of their origin, revenue and net profit.

Findings: Cybersecurity ventures anticipated that worldwide harms caused as
a result of cybercrime would cost up to $6 trillion annually by 2021 and $10.5
trillion annually by 2025.