Ex-hacker Discusses Avoiding Fraudsters

[mandy]

You may not want to read this, but ecommerce entrepreneurs, by virtue of what they do, and, in most cases, their limited understanding of network security, are among the most vulnerable to attack-and yes, "attack" is the right word.

Mitnick: The small on-line business person cannot assume anything when it comes to the security of the data they store. They have to learn to ask questions of their hosting companies about how data is stored and where encryption keys are stored and who has access to them. In most cases businessmen are not experts nor are they interested in becoming experts. For that reason, they have to rely on software and people like myself who are experts at dealing with the problem.

Fraud, identity theft and other cyber-crime threats come in two basic forms. One comes from technical vulnerability and the other a very unsettling and often close-to-home social vulnerability...

full article: http://www.practicalecommerce.com/articl...raudsters/