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Website Risks - first party risks

ashow102 — 2014-04-25 12:28:17 UTC

Physical damage to website operations
Loss of data, programs, software
Virus attacks
Denial of service attacks
Hacking and site penetrations
Website hijacking, threats and/or extortion
Credit card fraud, charge backs and phishing
Fidelity and fraud by employees
Sabotage and employee attacks

Website risks - Third partyt

2014-04-25 12:29:05 UTC

Contract and consumer law
Jurisdictions of trading
General regulations and laws
IP and domain name infringements
Defamation, libel and falsehoods
Discrimination and harassment
Data protection
Confidence and privacy
Innocent transmissions

More risks include

ashow102 — 2014-04-25 12:29:19 UTC

Examples

2014-04-25 12:30:09 UTC

Identity theives use the information they find online to drain your bank account or ruin your credit rating.
Phishing is a common trick used on websites that have been hacked or are pretending to be legitimate. PayPal and eBay are two of the most common targets for phishing scams.
Popular social networking sites such as Facebook are targets for scams.

What is social engineering

ashow102 — 2014-04-25 12:35:17 UTC

Social engineering is the art of manipulating people so they give up confidential information. The types of information these criminals are seeking can vary, but when individuals are targeted the criminals are usually trying to trick you into giving them your passwords or bank information, or access your computer to secretly install malicious software–that will give them access to your passwords and bank information as well as giving them control over your computer.

Web Browsers

2014-04-25 12:36:26 UTC

It is important to understand the functionality and features of the web browser you use. Enabling some web browser features may lower security. Often, vendors will enable features by default to improve the computing experience, but these features may end up increasing the risk to the computer.

Characteristics of a strong password

ashow102 — 2014-04-25 12:41:04 UTC

Use at least 6 alphanumeric digits combined with Caps and Symbols
Use only .(dot), -(dash) or _(underscore) when using symbols
Create one you can remember but which is very difficult to guess
1. Passwords MUST be at least 6 characters long
2. Passwords MAY NOT contain your username or any part of your full name
3. Passwords MUST contain characters from at least three of the four class characteristics, which are listed below.

What is a user name and why would you need one

ashow102 — 2014-04-25 12:41:38 UTC

it is a form of identification and it is necessary to keep your belongings safe usernames are necessary just in case people have similar passwords on the same application.

it helps prevent hackers from gaining access into ones personal details and it helps the user feel as though their information is safe.

Combinations of a 4 number password

2014-04-25 12:43:33 UTC

There is 10,000 combinations

Legal requirements

ashow102 — 2014-04-25 13:10:12 UTC

Data Protection Act

Copy Right

EU Cookie Law

EU Anti-Spam Laws

Equality Act