What can be done to improve ecommerce security
Academic and employability skills
Allan Augustin
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Contents Page
Introduction 3.1
Discussion 3.2
Ways to improve ecommerce security on internet 4.1
Secure socket Layer (SSL) 5.1
Access control security Measures 5.2
Firewalls 6.1
Encryption 6.2
Conclusion 7
References 8
Introduction 3.1
The purpose of this paper is to present the illustration of different techniques or methods that can be used to ensure e-commerce security. E-commerce is referred as the exchange of services and goods over the internet. In the current era, large number of businesses and organisations are transforming their business operations from traditional to e-commerce business environment (Ngai & Gunasekaran, 2007, p. 45). It is due to the fact that e-commerce business enables the organisations and businesses to increase their revenues while reducing their operational cost. Apart from all of these advantages, various issues are also associated with e-commerce. Security is considered as one of the greatest concerns that are associated with e-commerce. The proceeding paper incorporates the brief yet thorough analysis of the methods that may assist the organisations in improving e-commerce security on the internet.
Discussion 3.2
E-commerce
E-commerce or electronic commerce is nothing more than the trading or retailing of services or products which is usually conducted through computer networks, usually internet (Turban, 2009, p. 90). Though e-commerce depends on various technologies like telephones, social media, mobile devices, e-mails etc, but mainly the operations of e-commerce are based on World Wide Web (Zhang, 2012, p. 232). Therefore, e-commerce may have to face vario...
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