E-commerce Security Requirement

 E-commerce Security Requirement

commerce over open networks (such as the internet) can secure if the following happens:

  1. Server Security
  2. Message Privacy (or confidentiality)
  3. Message integrity
  4. Authentication
  5. Authorization
  6. Audit mechanism and non-repudiation
  7. Payment and settlement

1. Server Security:

  • Use firewalls and proxy servers
  • Every packet going from the firm's computer to the internet or vice versa will be checked
  •  “Security” against ” attacks” such as viruses, unauthorized access of hackers, the trojan horse can be provided.

2. Message Privacy 

  • A key requirement for E-commerce
  • it assures that the communication between trading parties are not revealed to others, therefore unauthorized party can not read or understand the message

3. Message integrity

  • another key requirement for e-commerce
  • it assures that the communication between trading parties is not alerted by an enemy. 

4. Authentication

  • Assures that the “sender” of the message is actually the person he/she claims.
  • <br />Paper message<br />
  • The term “authentication” determines the user of the computer is actually who he/she claims. 
  • <br />The term “authentication of the receiver”: allows the sender to be sure that the party he/she intend to get the message is the one who is receiving it.<br />

5. Authorization

  • Ensures that the trading party has the authority of transaction
  • It prevents the risks that employees transactions create economic damage
  • Authentication vs Authorization:
  • Once the system knows who the user is through authentication, authorization is how the system decides what the user can do

6.Audit mechanism and non-repudiation

  • Enables exchanging parties to maintain and revisit the history/sequence of events during a period of transaction
  • In e-commerce, these could be computer time stamps or records of the different computer of different stages of transactions

7. Payment and settlements

  • Vital to widespread e-commerce
  • Secure e-payment ensures that “commitment” to pay for goods/services over media are met

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