The University of SydneyPage 16Challenges for Laws covering Information Security–IT crimes are difficult to define–IT is rapidly evolving but legal community very slow to adapt–Poor understanding of IT and technology in legal community–Creating and changing laws ids a slow & intricate process–IT Crimes are hard to prosecute–Lack of understanding and low IT literacy–Nature of evidence can be intangible –Uncertainty of value of information and IT assets–Lack of common/political understanding of impact of IT crimes–Complexity of crime–Age of perpetrators–Fear of negative publicity and its impact