Online Business Security

Paper Summary:

This paper utilizes Amazon and eBay to demonstrate that the Internet not only offers businesses a unique set of opportunities to reach customers in an unprecedented and successful manner but also creates a plethora of threats to their front-end and back-end systems. The author points out that front-end systems refer to a workstation or group of workstations, which supply operators with the ability to network with a large-scale computer system; whereas, back-end systems refer to business and legacy systems that support inventory, the order processing and receivables for both buyers and suppliers in business-to-business e-commerce. The paper examines the security analysis process and the associated assessment tools, which assist online businesses in eliminating or reducing these security vulnerabilities.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Overview of Online Businesses
Front-end and Back-End System Threats
Threats to Front End Systems
Vulnerability Analysis and Assessment Tools
Techniques Used in Vulnerability Analysis
eBay and Amazon
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"These are emails that are sent to members supposedly from eBay. These emails assert that there is some type of problem with the member's account and their username and password is needed to address the problem. The individuals that send the emails then use this information to enter member accounts and in many cases charge the credit cards of members or place ads in their name. To combat this issue, eBay warns members to always log into the official eBay site because it provides a list of all the emails that have been sent to the member by eBay. If an email is not contained in the list, it is a fake email and should be discarded."

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