Security in Electronic Business
A crucial area of electronic transactions is the domain of electronic commerce. Yet, a large number of people do not want to transact online as they are not sure of the level of security that the transaction would be provided by the site and the technology used by the sites. According to surveys, one of the factors affecting the spread of ecommerce is the (lack of) security measures that assure both businesses and their customers that the business relationship and transactions will be carried out in secure manner. This paper describes the security requirements for electronic Business application and attempts to discuss the method and ways to be used to meet them.
Keywords: e-commerce, e-business security, security issues, security technologies
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Abdullah Saad Al-Malaise Al-Ghamdi
Dr. Abdullah received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from University of Southern Mississippi in 1990, Master degree from MIS Department, Information Systems, University of Illinois in 1992 and PhD degree in Computer Science from Computer Science Department, George Washington University in 2003. He has a teaching and research experience of more than 20 Years and his research interests include Information Systems, Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. He has more than 20 publications to his credit. Presently he is Chairman/HoD, Information Systems Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, and also in additional charge of Vice-Dean, College of Science and Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA.
Abdullah Saad Al-Malaise Al-Ghamdi
Dr. Abdullah received his B.Sc. degree in Computer Science from University of Southern Mississippi in 1990, Master degree from MIS Department, Information Systems, University of Illinois in 1992 and PhD degree in Computer Science from Computer Science Department, George Washington University in 2003. He has a teaching and research experience of more than 20 Years and his research interests include Information Systems, Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence. He has more than 20 publications to his credit. Presently he is Chairman/HoD, Information Systems Department, Faculty of Computing and Information Technology, and also in additional charge of Vice-Dean, College of Science and Technology, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA.
