Question

A chocolate e-commerce website selling its goods and delivering it to its customers . Ofcourse infront of many e-commerce sites there are many threats and many secure security concerns should take place .

As for the case of the chocolate e-commerce site :

1) What kind of threats can the site faces? ( atleast 4 threats)

2) Which technical and non technical precautions can the site developers do to respond to these threats ? ( 3 precautions each ie, technical and non-technical)

Make sure that the techniques used with the chocolate target market are compatible

Answer 1

Question1

kind of threats can the site faces?

1. DDoS attacks

DDoS means Distributed Denial of Service. Usually, every website daily received thousands of IP addresses. Send of them can be malware and have the ability to offline the website.

2. Malware

Malware is the threat that is caused by cybercriminals to gain access to the website, damage computers, gain data to conduct fraud.

3. Bad bots

There are good bots as well as bad boots. Good bots help the search engine and perform its functions to rank the website.

Bad cause damage to the website and try to access all the information on the website. It is generally done to harm the e- Businesses.

4. Credit card fraud

E-commerce website faces many credit card frauds. Cybercriminals try to enter the stolen credentials to make the purchase until they successes.

Question 2

Technical precautions can the site developers do to respond:

1. Keep your software up to date

Site developers have to keep the software up to date. so there must be a loophole in the site from where attackers can attack.

2. Error messages.

Site developers have to beware of the error messages. because it leaks the passwords the information of the site. which creates the chances to get hacked.

3.  Use HTTPS

The website has to use HTTPS. because it provides security to the site. It allows the users to get to the server instead of going anywhere as especially at the time of payment.

Non-technical precautions can the site developers do to respond to these threats?

1. Communication.

Site developers must have communication skills. because there is any threat to the site they can explain to the management properly to prevent it.

2. Creativity

Site developers must have created so they can already know the new ways of hacking to prevent it.

3. Curiosity

Site developers must have curiosity. technology is changing every day. if they have the curiosity that can learn everything and help the site to not get hacked.