E-Commerce and Cybercrime 
Chapter 11 ANSWERS TO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What can be done to improve e-commerce security on the Internet? Give several examples of security measures, and technologies you would use.
Students’ answers will vary. However, some issues can be more policing, standard protocols, encryption, scrambling data, public and private key encryption methods, fire walls, secure network access, security monitors, virus defenses, security codes, backup files, biometrics controls, computer failure controls, fault tolerant systems, and disaster recovery planning.
2. What potential security problems do you see in the increasing use of intranets and extranets in business? What might be done to solve such problems? Give several examples.
Students’ answers will vary. However, with the increased business use of the Internet, intranets and extranets there is no doubt that the number of potential security problems will also increase. Issues such as hacking, data alteration unauthorized data access, denial of service and so on will become prime security problems. As companies forge ahead in e-commerce and e-business activities, the stakes get progressively higher, and the potential threat to the vulnerability of their data is also increasing.
In order to solve such problems, businesses must continue to exercise caution in areas such as encryption, fire walls, secure Internet sites, security monitoring, disaster recovery plans, security awareness programs. Policies and procedures must be strictly enforced and compliance with these programs must be monitored and maintained.
3. What artificial intelligence techniques can businesses use to improve computer security and fight computer crime?
Students’ answers will vary, however they could mention the growth in biometrics controls as a possible answer to this question. These controls are used to measure the physical traits such as voice, eye retina, face, fingerprints, hand geometry, etc. A pilot
1. What can be done to improve e-commerce security on the Internet? Give several examples of security measures, and technologies you would use.
Students’ answers will vary. However, some issues can be more policing, standard protocols, encryption, scrambling data, public and private key encryption methods, fire walls, secure network access, security monitors, virus defenses, security codes, backup files, biometrics controls, computer failure controls, fault tolerant systems, and disaster recovery planning.
2. What potential security problems do you see in the increasing use of intranets and extranets in business? What might be done to solve such problems? Give several examples.
Students’ answers will vary. However, with the increased business use of the Internet, intranets and extranets there is no doubt that the number of potential security problems will also increase. Issues such as hacking, data alteration unauthorized data access, denial of service and so on will become prime security problems. As companies forge ahead in e-commerce and e-business activities, the stakes get progressively higher, and the potential threat to the vulnerability of their data is also increasing.
In order to solve such problems, businesses must continue to exercise caution in areas such as encryption, fire walls, secure Internet sites, security monitoring, disaster recovery plans, security awareness programs. Policies and procedures must be strictly enforced and compliance with these programs must be monitored and maintained.
3. What artificial intelligence techniques can businesses use to improve computer security and fight computer crime?
Students’ answers will vary, however they could mention the growth in biometrics controls as a possible answer to this question. These controls are used to measure the physical traits such as voice, eye retina, face, fingerprints, hand geometry, etc. A pilot