The Secure Online Business Handbook: E-commerce, IT Functionality and Business Continuity

Jonathan Reuvid0749444258, 9780749444259, 9781423728832

Published in association with the Institute of Directors* Provides effective strategies for managing online risks and defenses against them * “Best practice” advice from leading advisers and case studies from successful firms * Case studies from successful firms* Of interest to managers in organizations of all sizes engaged in e-commerce and using the internet to conduct business; IT professionals; business advisors; post-graduate business and IT students Business management online via the Internet, including banking transactions, is now an accepted practice. Unfortunately, the new transactional and communication medium is highly vulnerable to all kinds of malpractice from criminal fraud, hackers engaged in commercial espionage and viruses, to malicious interventions that can seriously damage confidence in the reliability and integrity of organizations and their security.This handbook focuses on identifying the wide variety of online business risks to which companies are exposed, prevention and avoidance defense mechanisms and management policies that company directors can put in place, and the actions that can be taken to limit damage and repair security systems.