Ecommerce
Electronic commerce includes almost any exchange of electronic data related to a business operation. In this discussion, I will be focusing on the use of the Internet for business transactions. Companies that use the Internet as their major source of income have a big concern about electronic commerce security to keep them successful in their online business. Although the technology exists to prevent almost all types of aggression, the nature of the Internet makes accomplishment of security measures difficult. TCP/IP, the network protocol of most Internet use, it sill weak for security compromises (LOEW 134).
A business security plan for securing electronic commerce must begin with a baseline. Firewalls and the use of encryption can only protect against 80% of all security threats. Common sense policy measures, such as proper configuration of computer systems and appropriate use of passwords, are often overlooked (RUSSELL 165).
In the article, “Connecting to The Internet: Security Considerations,” http://csrc.ncls.nist.gov/nistbul/cs193-07.txt, Bulletin. Reporting that “in recent years, a number of security problems with the Internet have become apparent.” “Crackers often roam the Internet with impunity, covering their tracks by moving from system to system.” In the rest of my discussion I will be focusing on different aspects of Internet security and E-commerce such as Commerce on the Internet, Electronic Commerce Systems, Business Security Strategies, Security Concepts, Risks of Internet Use, Internet System, and the future of Electronic Commerce Security.
Direct sales via the Internet are expected to grow from $8 billion this year to anywhere from $50 to $250 billion by the end of the century. The amount of sales on the Internet may comprise 36% of direct sales in the year 2000 compared with 7% in 1996. The number of transactional sites on the World Wide Web (WWW) has been increasing around 1,700 for awhile, but is expected to reach 15,000 by the year 2001 (BERKLEY 6). The attractions of the Internet for conducting commerce are getting higher and conducting a transaction at one-sixth the cost of placing the same order through human operator (BERKELY 4).
The use of the Internet for electron commerce now includes transaction types that formerly were considered too risky. In 1996 the San Francisco-based Lombard Insti...
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...urity devices cannot rely on TCP/IP, but future standards are likely to include security improvements in the TCP/IP protocol, of which users will largely be unaware (SOURCE ).
Many new secure systems, such as SSL and SET, were developed by private companies but are on the way to universal acceptance amount Internet users. Java, the new programming language developed by Sun Microsystems, has much promise in security for network environments (DEBORAH AND G.T. 117). Some trade organizations have encouraged the formation of working groups to speed up the creation of secure electron commerce environments. The Financial Services Technology Consortium (FSTC) is comprised of banks, financial services firms, technology vendors, research laboratories, and government agencies (DEBORAH AND G.T. 117). The FSCT is working on converting the Electron Funds Transfer (EFT) protocol from a private to a public network, in order to create a common environment for secure electron commerce transactions. As a general rule, the risk of criminal attack on electronic commerce will be greatest in terms of large-scale attacks (DEBORAH and G.T. 80) as daily transaction become more and more secure.
To begin, around 4000 B.C.E., China’s biggest seller was Silk. In fact, that’s mostly why the Silk Road was built! Everyone wanted some of China’s beautiful silk. In India, everyone traveled for spices as Christopher Columbus...attempted. But that was in the 1400’s. Around 50 C.E., the Kushan Empire started to take over these countries and the road after the Han Empire was overthrown. In the Background Essay, it says “Starting in 50 CE, another Asian Empire took shape and began profiting
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The silk road encouraged people to start trading because it connected all the civilizations together. Therefore it is easier to trade.
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The Silk Road was a colossal interconnected networked generated by established trade routes that spanned the whole Eurasian continent as told by religious travelers, historians, and merchants.
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The Chinese were the first to produce silk from the silkworm. This was something that was very much desired by the West. The Romans even referred to it as the ‘land where silk comes from. ’ The Romans set out to find where this wonderful material was coming from. According to the Ancient History Encyclopedia it is thought that the first contact between China and the west was around 200 BCE . Many types of merchandise were traded along this road. China had things like silk, bamboo work, and Chinese lacquers. The West had many new fruits, vegetables, spices, gold, and medicinal materials that China wanted. So this was a mutually beneficial trade route. As mentioned before much more than just material things were traded among this road like ideals, beliefs, and technology.
The ability to conduct warfare through technological methods has increased information security awareness and the need to protect an entity's infrastructure. Subsequently, cyber warfare produces increased risk to security practitioners that employ technology and other methods to mitigate risks to information and the various systems that hold or transmit data. A significant risk to information lies in the conduct of electronic commerce, hereinafter called e-commerce. E-commerce is the purchasing or selling of goods and/or services through the internet or other electronic means (Liu, Chen, Huang, & Yang, 2013). In this article, the researchers will discuss cyber warfare risks, present an evaluation of established security measures, identify potential victims of identity theft, and present an examination of the security of e-commerce companies....
The development of technology has brought Internet to become the mass communication media between people or companies. Through Internet, people can communicate with other people in various places. Companies can get many advantages by using Internet network to support their business. Therefore, companies are trying as hard as they can, and give high effort in protecting their network from attack and make sure that they have the best network security.
The Silk Road started in second century BCE. However, this vast network of ancient pathways was not called The Silk Road. It really did not have a name. It didn’t start being called “The Silk Road” until around the 19th century when, in his book China, the German historian Ferdinand von Richthofen na...
We have grown accustomed to having the Internet at our fingertips no matter where we go. It is impressive that with less than 10 clicks we could talk, make a transaction or finish a business deal. As with anything, there are always ups and downs. The Internet is extremely useful and without it people and businesses would not be able to function properly; but along with those benefits comes a real danger, and that danger is Cybercrime. Cybercrime put simply is any crime committed on the Internet, whether it is downloading music illegally to cyber-terrorism. In today’s modern era, cyber crime is almost unavoidable, it is essential to prepare yourself and learn as much as you can in order to protect your assets. The Internet is a powerful tool that can be used for good or evil but is up to you to choose.
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capacity and performance. However, as networks enable more and more applications and are available to more and more users, they become ever more vulnerable to a wider range of security threats. To combat those threats and ensure that e-business transactions are not compromised, security technology must play a major role in today's networks.
Electronic Commerce as popularly as E-commerce has become a big deal in our growing economy due to the increase use of online systems. E-commerce now of the fastest growing business in the world. The technology has change the way of business. Business that have physical location have now made it an effort to focus their online business. It is the new sort of business platform where you can make use of different technologies like electronic data interchange or transfer document electronically. Online business is an effective of sales.