In focusing on internet security issues and their
impact on e-commerce, this paper presents a survey
and analysis on e-commerce related security issues and
the available integrated security strategies. We attempt
to offer a simple guide how to properly deal with the
security threats that detrimentally affect e-commerce’s
success. In addition, this paper provides an analysis on
the barriers that prevent many developing countries
from adopting e-commerce more quickly. Some
recommendations on how to overcome these problems
will also be provided. The rest of the paper is
organized in the following sections. Section 2 provides
the definition of electronic commerce and the
components of E-commerce system. Section 3 gives
an overview on web security. In section 4, the
concepts and the technologies of the security threats
on e-commerce are presented. Section 5 is about the
barriers for adopting e-commerce in the developing
countries and the recommendations how to deal with
the issues in developing countries. Section 6 is the
conclusion of the research.