Online Security

Information Security Management(ISM) is a crucial factor for all organisations under current scenario of business globalization. Companies are making efforts to make best use of technology including e-business. Organisations have made huge amount of information available on their database, but has made it vulnerable to all types of attacks by numerous hackers in the form of spams, malware etc. Therefore, organisations have to keep their database protected with latest security measures to ensure privacy and confidentiality of data. Semi-structured interviews of 19 managers at various levels out of 48 requested SMEs' were done to probe into their views about confidentiality, integrity, availability and non-repudiations which are the major objectives of information security. It is found that industrialist generally believe in security of information and its importance to organisation but mostly are only reactive in administrating information security. The result is that they react in unprepared manner which finally results in loss of business as well as reputation. The findings provide strong baseline for SME organisations to review their existing operating style and improve it by applying adequate security measures.

We present captcha as graphical passwords inmany security primitives square measure supported laborious mathematical issues. Exploitation laborious AI issues for security is rising as AN exciting new paradigm, however has been beneath explored. During this paper, we have a tendency to gift a brand new security primitive supported laborious AI issues, namely, a unique family of graphical watchword systems designed on high of Captcha technology, that we have a tendency to decision Captcha as graphical passwords (CaRP). CaRP is each a Captcha and a graphical watchword theme. CaRP addresses variety of security issues altogether, like on-line guess attacks, relay attacks, and, if combined with dual-view technologies, shoulder-surfing attacks. Notably, a CaRP watchword is found solely probabilistic ally by automatic on-line guess attacks although the watchword is within the search set. CaRP additionally offers a unique approach to deal with the well-known image hotspot drawback in standard graphical watchword systems, like Pass Points, that usually ends up in weak watchword decisions.CaRP isn't a nostrum, however it offers cheap security and usefulness and seems to suit well with some sensible applications for rising on-line security.

Millions of users are using the internet today for a large variety of commercial and non-commercial purposes. Billions of financial transactions occur online 24 * 7 and bank cyber crimes take place every day when bank information is compromised. With the rapid growth of internet, there is a need for protecting confidential data. The Internet was originally designed for research and educational purpose, not for commercial applications. Therefore, internet was not designed with security in mind. As the internet grew the existing security framework was not adequate for modern day applications. Skilled criminal hackers can manipulate a financial institution’s online information system, spread malicious software’s that allow remote access to a computer, corrupt data, and impede the quality of an information system’s performance. If sensitive information regarding commercial and personal banking accounts is not better protected, cyber-thieves will continue to illegally access online financial accounts to steal trillions of dollars plus sensitive customer information globally. This paper covers various security threats, security measures and various techniques for securing the electronic transactions.

Information Security Management(ISM) is a crucial factor for all organizations under current scenario of business globalization. Companies are making efforts to make best use of technology including e-business. Organizations have made huge amount of information available on their database, but has made it vulnerable to all types of attacks by numerous hackers in the form of spams, malwares etc. Therefore, organizations have to keep their database protected with latest security measures to ensure privacy and confidentiality of data. Semi-structured interviews of 19 managers at various levels out of 48 requested SMEs' were done to probe into their views about confidentiality, integrity, availability and non-repudiations which are the major objectives of information security. It is found that industrialist generally believe in security of information and its importance to organization but mostly are only reactive in administrating information security. The result is that they react...

Whilst security threats to the general public continue to evolve, elderly computer users with limited skill and knowledge are left playing catch-up in an ever-widening gap in fundamental cyber-related comprehension. As a definable cohort, the elderly generally lack awareness of current security threats, and remain under-educated in terms of applying appropriate controls and safeguards to their computers and networking devices. This paper identifies that web-based computer security information sources do not adequately provide helpful information to senior citizen end-users in terms of both design and content. It subsequently demonstrates a solution designed with the elderly, yet novice, end-user in mind. This paper examines the need for practical computer-based instructions that have wide-ranging applications to a wide selection of under-informed internet consumers. As computer usage rapidly spreads towards total ubiquity across all generations and social levels, the need for web-ba...

Magento is fast gaining ground as the leading eCommerce platform globally. In 2015, a survey by Alexa rankings, the globally renowned website statistics survey company ranked Magento as the leader amongst global eCommerce platforms with the community edition having 25.6% market share. This is of course no surprise, as we have seen adoption rates soar faster for the community edition, popularly christened CE as it provides huge bang for no bucks, as it’s a free version.  This paper from David Bryan at Managing Director at Opace, a UK based open source agency investigates the rise of Magento and why enhancing data security is more important than ever in 2016 with the increase in cyber-attacks and security threats.