Chapter: 12th Computer Applications : Chapter 17 : E-Commerce Security Systems
Dimensions of E- Commerce security
Dimensions
of E- Commerce security
As the security issue is the most worrying issue
for E-Business, ensuring the security of E-Commerce activities has become the
core research field of E-Commerce. The following are some of the security
elements involved in E-Commerce.
● Authenticity:
conforming genuineness of data shared.
● Availability:
prevention against data delay or removal.
● Completeness:
unification of all business information.
● Confidentiality:
protecting data against unauthorized disclosure.
● Effectiveness:
effective handling of hardware, software and data.
● Integrity:
prevention of the data being unaltered or modified.
● Non-repudiation:
prevention against violation agreement after the deal.
● Privacy: prevention
of customers’ personal data being used by others.
● Reliability:
providing a reliable identification of the individuals or businesses.
● Review
ability: capability of monitoring activities to audit and track the operations.
Ransomware:
Ransomware is a type
of malware that usually encrypt all the files in a target’s computer and
threatens to publish the critical data unless a ransom (money) is paid.
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