Re: Too much security is holding back ecommerce

[Martin Hepworth <maxsec () TOTALISE CO UK>]

Jay

"....think *complicated* security....."

expect to see 'simple' security measures/technologies coming out of
Groupe Bull then. Ie they are saying its too complicated to setup, we
need something that's secure but easy to set/administer.

Martin

Jay D. Dyson wrote:

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> > Evidian, a subsidiary of Groupe Bull, has completed a survey of 40 blue
> > chip companies and found that two in five of them think complicated
> > security is "the most irritating aspect of conducting business online".
>
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>         Anyone who cites security as a detriment to commerce of any kind
> only shows their sheer ignorance (and, dare I say, stupidity) regarding
> the impact of the *lack* of security on commerce.
>
>         The current lack of security on "e-commerce" has already resulted
> in an enormous loss of consumer confidence in the medium.  Ask any Joe or
> Jane on the street about using their credit card on the 'net and you'll
> invariably hear of their concern regarding "hackers" [sic] acquiring their
> credit card numbers and taking advantage of them online.  This concern was
> conceived by a number of incidents in which just that sort of thing has
> happened.
>
>         Worse still, the average consumer has to pay the price for this
> very lack of security.  The credit card companies don't just absorb the
> losses incurred through fraud; they pass it on to all of their customers
> (and that includes you and me).
>
>         I for one would very much like to see the list of those "top 40
> blue chip companies" that have such a low regard for security.  I can
> guarantee you that I'll never do business with them again.  I see no
> reason to put my personal credit at risk for their own insipid want of
> convenience.
>
> - -Jay
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