The Threat of Online Security: How Safe Is Our Data?
The issue of security and privacy infringement has become one of the most important areas of concern for both online consumerism and ecommerce merchants. The problem between customer and merchant is related to the perception of the buying public that online merchants, whether B2B, B2C, C2B or C2C are liable to protect them from the growing threat of privacy infringements, particularly credit card fraud. The prevailing question is whether the belief of many purchasers or consumers in the precarious nature of online security is affecting online commerce in a negative sense. Studies and research suggest that the problems experienced with online security have had a definite impact, albeit negative, on the growth and viability of online shopping to varying extents.Most of the research results show that inevitably has a counterproductive effect on user perception of the viability of online shopping and ecommerce if the online security is under grade. So, the security issues are a central problem that affects both the ability of online commerce to function optimally and the way that consumers view online shopping and online transactions.
The very fact that online shopping and ecommerce takes place in a relatively new commercial space or environment has made shoppers wary of the ability of businesses and retailers to control transactions and ensure high levels of security and protection against privacy infringement for their transactions on the Internet.
By the way, most of the computer will also have installed the antivirus software. Antivirus software is computer programs that attempt to identify, neutralize or eliminate malicious software. It also uses to combat other threats including worm, phishing attacks, rootkits, trojan horses and other malware. Antivirus software typically uses to examining files to look for known viruses matching, and identifying suspicious behavior from any computer program which might indicate infection.
However, our online data will still get attack or steal by the person who is expert at programming and solving problems with a computer by illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system or against network.
All the attacks can cause incredible amounts of damage. Data modification and embezzle may cause the most serious damage of all. As information disclosure, that it is very difficult to detect someone stealing our data. For example, suppose that the perpetrators broke into your payroll system and added themselves to the payroll? How long would it take you to notice? If you work in a small organization, it probably would be discovered during the next pay period.
Until now, there has been no way of stopping internal employees who have the necessary permissions to access a database from abusing those rights. In addition the incidents of database attacks originating outside the company are growing rapidly. A few high profile examples are hitting the headlines but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The trend now is towards targeted database attacks, using skilled hackers to obtain specific data from a specific company, by getting access through conventional firewalls, or by corrupting web applications, often with insider assistance. There has been no effective way of addressing these vulnerabilities.
Know that, when it comes to securing your network, you can never be finished. Security is ongoing: technology changes and improves, systems grow old and become outdated or fail or lose their effectiveness. The threats we face are the same threats people faced thousands of years ago theft, extortion, violence, laundering but the ways the threats can be exploited has undergone monumental change and will keep doing so as attackers improve. You can rob only so many physical banks per hour, but you can steal an enormously huge amount of money electronically. The policies and procedures you develop for protecting your network require regular feedback and maintenance to remain viable.