E-commerce involves a business transaction over an electronic system or utilizing electronic systems. An e-commerce website involves electronic transactions over the Internet, an intranet or an extranet. E-commerce websites utilize internal networks that may interface with the World Wide Web. The nature of e-commerce introduces internal and external risks to both the website and the business systems to which it connects. External threats to an e-commerce website come from many sources, including the electronic economic environment and risks associated with the external Internet and related networks. Internal threats come from employees, the internal network and business processes, and from management. Writer Bio
