Foreword

E-business, one of the fastest-growing segments of the information technology industry, is changing the face of commerce as we know it. Conducting business on the Web is rapidly becoming a fundamental element of how organizations conduct business with each other, as well as with their customers. Web-based systems do not stand alone. Rather, they are the integration of many existing enterprise systems, processes, and protocols, oftentimes reengineered to leverage the capabilities inherent in the Web-based systems and to afford new capabilities. The value is not in the technology piece parts but in the rapid creation of new business solutions.

All technologies introduce risks into businesses. The challenge is in managing these risks. Some ...

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