A Study of Security Issues in E-Commerce Applications
V J Hanumesh, K. Shyaam Sunder · IETE Technical Review · 2000
The Internet represents one of the greatest opportunities and frontiers for commerce. A paradigm shift in an industry always creates opportunities for significant revenue shifts through the emergence of new market leaders. The result of this is the emergence of E-commerce. E-commerce (or electronic commerce) is much more than buying and selling over the Internet, as there is a constant threat to the confidentiality of the business transactions, Integrity and correctness of data. Hence security of the transactions becomes a major issue. The present paper gives an insight to the major issues on E-Commerce in general and with a focus on “Security of E-Commerce” in particular. This does not explain about any new technique or tool on Security but explains about the existing technology and solutions. As the major threat to E-Commerce is about maintaining the Confidentiality, Integrity and Correctness of data, the general awareness about the security measures to E-Commerce becomes more relevant in the current situation.