TY - JOUR AB - The major reason why most people are still sceptical about electronic commerce is the perceived security risks associated with electronic transactions over the Internet. The Internet, however, holds many opportunities that could mean survival or competitive advantage for many organisations. To exploit these opportunities, it is important to first analyse the risks they hold. Electronic commerce is based on business as well as technological risks, making it a very difficult environment to secure. Apart from these two types of risk categories there are several other issues and problems that need to be addressed. VL - 8 IS - 3 SN - 0968-5227 DO - 10.1108/09685220010372582 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09685220010372582 AU - Labuschagne L. AU - Eloff J.H.P. PY - 2000 Y1 - 2000/01/01 TI - Electronic commerce: the information‐security challenge T2 - Information Management & Computer Security PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 154 EP - 157 Y2 - 2024/09/26 ER -