Internet Security: A Global Concern

How many people make purchases online? What is the percentage of Americans who conduct their personal financial business over the Internet? Did he or she ever think that their credit card information could possibly be stolen? Internet security for online buyers and eMerchants has become more of a problem with the enormous growth of eCommerce on the Internet in recent years. The security and privacy of data on the Internet may be at greater risk …

…than action in response to the escalating numbers of attacks by a variety of criminals from vandals to terrorists. When these attacks reach expensive enough levels to demand executive attention and consumers lose faith in the eMerchants’ ability to protect their data to the point that they go back to brick and mortar shopping, change will occur. As soon as big business gets hit hard in the earnings column, security will experience a speedy improvement.