E-commerce Security Quiz

Confidentiality is sometimes confused with:

• privacy.

• authenticity.

• integrity.

• nonrepudiation.

is the ability to ensure that e-commerce participants do not deny their online actions.

• Nonrepudiation

• Authenticity

• Availability

• Integrity

is the ability to identify the person or entity with whom you are dealing on the Internet.

• Nonrepudiation

• Authenticity

• Availability

• Integrity

Which of the following is an example of an integrity violation of e-commerce security?

• A website is not actually operated by the entity the customer believes it to be.

• A merchant uses customer information in a manner not intended by the customer.

• A customer denies that he is the person who placed the order.

• An unauthorized person intercepts an online communication and changes its contents.

is the ability to ensure that an e-commerce site continues to function as intended.

• Nonrepudiation

• Authenticity

• Availability

• Integrity

Which of the following is an example of an online privacy violation?

• your e-mail being read by a hacker

• your online purchasing history being sold to other merchants without your consent

• your computer being used as part of a botnet

• your e-mail being altered by a hacker

________ is the ability to ensure that messages and data are only available to those authorized to view them.

• Confidentiality

• Integrity

• Privacy

• Availability

Typically, the more security measures added to an e-commerce site, the slower and more difficult it becomes to use.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which of the following statements about data breaches in 2016 is not true?

• According to Symantec, the number of major breaches in 2016 increased from the number in 2015.

• According to Symantec, the total number of data breaches in 2016 increased significantly from the number in 2015.

• According to Symantec, the total number of identities exposed by data breaches in 2016 increased to 1.1 billion.

• According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, data breaches involving the business sector represented over 45% of all breaches.

Bitcoins are an example of:

• digital cash.

• virtual currency.

• a stored value payment system.

• an EBPP system.