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PRESTIGE INSTYITUTE OF MANAGEMENT

&RESEARCH

TOPIC:DATA SECURITY IN ECOMMERCE

SUBMITTED BY: SUBMITTED TO:


RONAK JAIN ABHINANDAN
SINGH
DANDOTIYA
Objectives
In this chapter, you will learn about:
• Online security issues
• Security for client computers
• Security for the communication channels
between computers
• Security for server computers
• Organizations that promote computer,
network, and Internet security

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Online Security Issues Overview
• Computer security
– The protection of assets from unauthorized
access, use, alteration, or destruction
• Physical security
– Includes tangible protection devices
• Logical security
– Protection of assets using nonphysical means
• Threat
– Any act or object that poses a danger to computer
assets

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Managing Risk
• Countermeasure
– General name for a procedure that recognizes,
reduces, or eliminates a threat
• Eavesdropper
– Person or device that can listen in on and copy
Internet transmissions
• Crackers or hackers
– Write programs or manipulate technologies to
obtain unauthorized access to computers and
networks

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Security Policy and Integrated
Security (continued)
• Elements of a security policy address:
– Authentication
– Access control
– Secrecy
– Data integrity
– Audits

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Ensuring Transaction Integrity
with Hash Functions
• Integrity violation
– Occurs whenever a message is altered while in
transit between the sender and receiver
• Hash algorithms are one-way functions
– There is no way to transform the hash value back
to the original message
• Message digest
– Small integer number that summarizes the
encrypted information

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Firewalls
• Software or hardware and software
combination installed on a network to control
packet traffic
• Provides a defense between the network to
be protected and the Internet, or other
network that could pose a threat

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Firewalls (continued)
• Packet-filter firewalls
– Examine data flowing back and forth between a
trusted network and the Internet
• Gateway servers
– Firewalls that filter traffic based on the application
requested
• Proxy server firewalls
– Firewalls that communicate with the Internet on
the private network’s behalf

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Summary (continued)
• Web servers are susceptible to security
threats
• Programs that run on servers might:
– Damage databases
– Abnormally terminate server software
– Make subtle changes in proprietary information

• Security organizations include CERT and


SANS
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THANK YOU

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