E-Commerce Security

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Adequate security is now accepted as a basic requirement for every e-commerce or networked system. This applies to all the underlying components - the LAN, Firewall, Routers, Internet and so on. The paper shows that as the surge of online consumers continues, e-commerce security is drawing more and more attention from businesses and consumers alike. But one issue, the security of proprietary information sent over the internet, keeps getting in the way. In expanding access to e-commerce solutions, organizations increase their risk of exposing vital corporate information to external parties. The paper shows that such viruses and hacker tools are available around the world virtually instantaneously via the Web. Viral detection software can find and eliminate computer viruses. However, even when one problem is addressed, companies cannot get too comfortable, because safe today does not mean safe tomorrow.

From the Paper:

"The security problems of the future will be the same as those of the present: management of complexity. Software systems suffer security problems because they are complex, large, and difficult to program; a single flaw can give an attacker a foothold into an otherwise very strong system. Good design and a solid security foundation can provide multiple levels of protection, and reduce the risk of a system being completely compromised. Future electronic commerce systems will require correct interoperation among end points, browsers, servers, firewalls, and other network devices that haven't been invented yet. As the number of cooperating agents increases, the chances that everything will perform correctly decreases."

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