Online Security and Payment Systems
Online Security and Payment Systems
It is undeniable that online payment systems are on the upswing in today’s society, the USA and the world. Electronic payments are now being used by government agencies for direct deposit tax refunds and to pay government benefit via the use of debit cards. Individuals are also using electronic payments to settle financial transactions without the use of checks or cash. These electronic funds transfers can actually make currency conversions, if necessary. Further, companies are giving discounts on services if they are allowed to electronically draft an account (demand or credit card). With this increase in ecommerce transactions, it is reasonable to expect an increase in cybercrime. Therefore, as a consumer a major concern is the protection of identities, especially mine. The online security issues relating to the dimensions of ecommerce security stood out the most because it deals with identity and information protection. Specifically, possessing the integrity to secure and protect privacy, confidentiality and availability of personal information, is of major concern. The ability to protect and an individual’s identity and privacy is difficult to secure in an ecommerce society because individual integrity cannot be policed, “public record” is available to anyone who looks for it, and people’s lack of computer knowledge.
Establishing ethical standards (standards of behavior or integrity) does not guarantee the protection of an individual’s identity and privacy because the integrity of people cannot be policed. Ethics refers to standards or laws of behavior that dictates how human beings ought to act in given situations. A person’s behavior may not follow the law. Behaviors are influenced by feelings and feelings impact ethical choices. If a person feels hate, their choices and actions may be that of hatred. There is no standard or law to police the way a person feels. Morris Massey in the video, “What You Are
It is undeniable that online payment systems are on the upswing in today’s society, the USA and the world. Electronic payments are now being used by government agencies for direct deposit tax refunds and to pay government benefit via the use of debit cards. Individuals are also using electronic payments to settle financial transactions without the use of checks or cash. These electronic funds transfers can actually make currency conversions, if necessary. Further, companies are giving discounts on services if they are allowed to electronically draft an account (demand or credit card). With this increase in ecommerce transactions, it is reasonable to expect an increase in cybercrime. Therefore, as a consumer a major concern is the protection of identities, especially mine. The online security issues relating to the dimensions of ecommerce security stood out the most because it deals with identity and information protection. Specifically, possessing the integrity to secure and protect privacy, confidentiality and availability of personal information, is of major concern. The ability to protect and an individual’s identity and privacy is difficult to secure in an ecommerce society because individual integrity cannot be policed, “public record” is available to anyone who looks for it, and people’s lack of computer knowledge.
Establishing ethical standards (standards of behavior or integrity) does not guarantee the protection of an individual’s identity and privacy because the integrity of people cannot be policed. Ethics refers to standards or laws of behavior that dictates how human beings ought to act in given situations. A person’s behavior may not follow the law. Behaviors are influenced by feelings and feelings impact ethical choices. If a person feels hate, their choices and actions may be that of hatred. There is no standard or law to police the way a person feels. Morris Massey in the video, “What You Are
Cited: Massey, M. (1986). What You Are Is Where You Were When. Retrieved February 01, 2010, from The Richardson Company: http://www.rctm.com/5712.htm National Cyber Security Alliance. (2008, 04 10). Techshow Wire. Retrieved 11 07, 2009, from RSA 2008: Seventy-One Percent of Consumers Lack Knowledge on the Internet’s Fastest Growing Cyber Crime Threat, ‘Botnets’: http://www.techshowwire.com/2008/04/10/rsa-2008-seventy-one-percent-of-consumers-lack-knowledge-on-the-internets-fastest-growing-cyber-crime-threat-botnets-2/