e-commerce
"Electronic Commerce" the slogan of our time seems to be the most popular subject of any business discussion today. International experts are sure that in the year 2000 at least about 10% of the world's trade will be handled via on-line services. All over the world companies will use electronic commerce solutions and will try to profit from this new potential. There is no doubt that Electronic Commerce needs a highly functional and effective network for communication. That's why in the sixties, when electronic data exchange began on private networks only, it was primarily affordable for big groups of companies or banks etc. However, with the increasing popularity of Internet, electronic commerce has become available for everybody, individual consumers as well as business companies of all sizes.On the other hand many people regard electronic markets still as a vague and obscure area, which irritates with its tremendous possibilities and the incredible speed of technical revolutions. Surprisingly enough it is often among business people that you will find still a lot of reservations against electronic media and their commercial applications. The reason for this is mainly ignorance about the nature and function of the NET, the te
Neil, Stephanie and Jim Kerstetter. "Cracking down on Web site hackers is full-time IT job". www.zdnet.com/pcweek/stories/printme/0,4235,1014939,00.html Supporting each web site and every transaction is a huge technological undertaking that can involve hundreds of computers, thousands of miles of network cable, hundreds of software programs and dozens of engineering employees, some of whom are upgrading systems on the fly. There are numerous points of vulnerability, ranging from the failure of multimillion-dollar mainframes, to programming errors, seemingly innocuous software glitches or human stumbles. For example, the site of SecureTax.com, a web site used by hundreds of thousands of customers to prepare and file taxes, crashed when a $200 network circuit card failed and in another instance in March because an employee tripped on a power cord. The mischievous works of hackers wreak havoc on several web sites a day. Sometimes the shut web sited down, other times they just leave a mark letting you know they were there. No matter what the reason for the attack, hackers cause major headaches to both IT professional and security managers. Lately in the press, hacker attacks have been on government sites, such as the FBI, ARMY, and NAVY websites, but hackers also like to attack companies such as BellSouth. This past New Years Eve, when BellSouth employees and customers logged on to the company's web site, they found a love letter from a hacker with the tag Zyklon to a girl named "Crystal" in place a company press release. Once the hack was discovered, the site was
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