The importance of Information Security in our lives – Part 2

 

2. In our shopping

According to an ECommerceNews study, there was an increase of 53% in Electronic Commerce [1].  This percentage not only is the reflect of the E-Commerce impulse had during the Covid-19 Pandemic, but it reflect Peruvians’ comfortable feelings towards making their shopping through the internet. 

Now, in that context, Information Security is represented by different factors, such:

    2.1. From the end user point of view

           a. Having their PC’s Operative System updated

           b. Having updated all software packages installed in the PC

           c. Have an updated anti-virus software package installed

    2.2. From the point of view of the E-Commerce Company service provider

           a. Have updated SSL Certificates

           b. Have a Vulnerability Management Program

           c. Have security controls to be able to protect the internet facing web site from external attacks (e.g. WAF, etc.)

           d. Have an information Security Team (internal or external) that could take control of the situation in the case of a cybersecurity attack

           e. Have secured backups of the Web application and critical data bases

           f. Have an industry standard certified network environment with PCI-DSS Specifications in case user credit cards are being used in the electronic transactions

           g. Being compliant with all local Information Security regulatory requirements 

References

[1] https://www.ecommercenews.pe/ecosistema-ecommerce/2022/al-cierre-del-2022-el-ecommerce-en-el-peru-movera-us-20-millones-y-crecera-53.html