Security considerations of doing business via the Internet: cautions to be considered

Abstract

Looks at the growth and potential of the Internet in relation to security issues. Presently, lack of security is perceived as a major roadblock to doing business online. Risks of system corruption, fraud, theft and viruses point companies to the need for enhanced security. Investigates the importance of securing a company's systems, its individual users and its commercial transactions, and provides a checklist along with a brief discussion of available protection measures for these three primary security concerns.

Examining the Relative Influence of Risk and Control on Intention to Adopt Risky Technologies

“…A number of studies (e.g., Aldridge, et al, 1997;Bhimani, 1996;Furnell and Karweni, 1999;Gefen, 2000;Ratnasingham, 1998) have discussed the basic securitycontrol requirements in risky technologies which may be divided into five categories, namely: authentication (communicating or transacting parties are who they claim to be), non-repudiation (neither of the party should be able to deny having participated in a transaction after the fact), confidentiality (warrants all communication between trading parties to be restricted to parties involved in transaction), privacy protection (ensures that personal information about customers collected from their electronic transactions is protected from disclosure without permission) and data integrity (data under transmission is not created, intercepted, modified or deleted illicitly). These requirements are accomplished by various technologies, such as encryption, third-party certificates, digital signatures, and compliance with privacy policy (Aldridge, et al, 1997;Garfield and McKeown, 1997;Ratnasingham, 1998).…”

“…These requirements are accomplished by various technologies, such as encryption, third-party certificates, digital signatures, and compliance with privacy policy (Aldridge, et al, 1997;Garfield and McKeown, 1997;Ratnasingham, 1998).…”

Communicating trustworthiness and building trust in interorganizational virtual organizations

“…Merkle has also identified availability, reliability, capacity, and user friendliness of the technology used in the collaboration as additional factors required to communicate trustworthiness. Aldridge, White, and Forcht (1997) have stressed the added role of network security as a requirement. Finally, multimedia functions, retrieval possibilities, bandwidth, and efficiency are also important.…”

The Factors Affecting the Trustworthiness of Customers towards the Usage of Internet Banking in Malaysia

“…Security matters before any customer could trust the service provider (Nasri, 2011). Aldridge et al (1997) describes security as the most challenging factor for a company to go online. This is explained when a user uploads anything online, anyone from around the world can have access to the information (Aldridge, White, & Forcht, 1997).…”

“…Aldridge et al (1997) describes security as the most challenging factor for a company to go online. This is explained when a user uploads anything online, anyone from around the world can have access to the information (Aldridge, White, & Forcht, 1997). Most of the important issues between customers and internet banking are the customer's trust of security when it comes to online banking transactions (Nilsson, Adams, & Herd, 2005).…”