Nowadays, e-commerce is one of the most growing sectors in the field of internet. It gives the flexibility to shop online, transact online, transfer money online and many more feature to its internet users. As the growth of e-commerce increases, e-commerce security also comes out a major concern to ensure its user a secure transaction without any fear over the network. Banking sector is one of the most prominent sectors of growth in world of e-commerce, but as its demand increases the security and risks along with it also increases. E-commerce security must ensure major security features of cryptography: privacy, authentication, access control, confidentiality and protect data from un-authorized access. In this chapter, all aspects regarding e-commerce describes from its introduction to its security, countermeasures and an example of doing secure payment from any website.
Security countermeasures in the cyber-world
