M-Commerce Security Case Study

“M-Commerce Security” by Laurie J. Fundukian Over the past years’ mobile devices and mobile telephones have been used worldwide now. According to L.J.Fundukian (2012), “The emergence of the wireless tablet computer, m-commerce is emerging as a major player in the world of retailing, social networking, and entertainment and the main potential threat from mobile device use is identity theft”. Computers and other mobile devices can be scrutinized by malicious codes for personal information such as name, address, phone number etc. These computer threats are going onto the mobile and wireless networks which can be a major security threat for users. Some of the issues in e-commerce security are: A) Users are not informed of being susceptible to cyber-attacks. B) There is sometimes a lack of device power in that high point internet software application demand speed and memory which is still absent from some …show more content…
Better results can be attained by the follows: A.) Secure mobile devices- the device must be trusted and be safe to accomplish transactions without the anxiety of infection or theft. Maximize authentication measures by using private keys and digital certificates. Enforce biometric security verification can be significant to protect devices. Next, having more efficient CPUs can be a progress to enable encryption technology in computers to be used on mobile devices. Also, having an updated operating system with proper security features can be effective. B.) Secure users- Users enlightenment should be maximized on the concerns of advanced attempts in progress to contravene their device