| The sword of insecurity |
Page 1 of 4 Business has evolved to embrace the delivery channels of the internet, and we now see a globalised footprint of operations generating vast profits out of online etrade, adding much to the gross national product (GNP) for many countries across all continents. With this in mind Professor John Walker, Secure-Bastion LTD, examines the evolution of ecrime and it's effect on business and postulates on trends to come.
We also see a wide utilisation of offshore service providers, to support remote systems and applications, to develop code, or provide other distance based services, all of which are dependent on durability of the supporting infrastructure to carry such trade-based communication, and to underpin the contracted service.Business are also keen to leverage lower running costs offered by the internet, and many more corporate, and SME's are now deploying lower cost IP communication deliveries, be they pure VoIP, or the more popular technology of choice with the SME community, Skype, and other lower cost telecommunications, e.g. Vonage. Usage of advancements in technology does not stay behind in the workplace, but also reaches out to encompass the home. Here we may also see a dependency on the internet to sustain or to accommodate transactions over the internet, such as completion of tax returns, conduct home banking, to purchase products and groceries, saving that trip down to the shops in the family car, or to monitor home security when on holiday. Entertainment may also be dripping from the IP tap, with on-line gambling and IP television, and of course, as with the corporate user, we also see utilisation of the internet to enable voice communications, so overall, the profile would infer high usage, and expectations of the invisible connectivity we refer to as the net. |
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