Human-Factors/Technology Problem

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Problem of data security

New technologies like ecommerce are bringing high speed and constant connectivity to companies and their users (employees, customers and suppliers), aiding the global trend. Ecommerce portal is designed to include not only everything that an user might hope to find on an intranet (such as a corporate directory, or customer support information), but also may be personal information and links that the users might want (such as stocks information, or even games). The intention is to increase not only efficiency, but also user satisfaction and a sense of loyalty with the organization. There is a connection between the company's network and the home users as they are linked through intranet. The offices intranets are connected through telecom network. Each office area network may have for example NetContinuum Firewall and NetContinuum Antivirus for servers. (K2 network, 2006)
This system is functional without the restriction of geography and time. But it will use the resources of the users such as computer, internet and processing system. Thus there is network or link between the system of home user and the company. Through this link besides important information, other unwanted outcomes can also happen. One of them is the transfer of virus.
Thus for organization it would be of utmost importance to provide secured interface with the users. It should ensure maximum security of the data. The other issues are:

Constraints of technology - There are also ongoing concerns about Internet security, bandwidth, and quality service that must be considered by anyone thinking about relying on Internet-based applications to support critical business functions.

Cultural component - leaders and managers need to find ways to break through cultural barriers and differences of beliefs, ideas, norms and values that shape peoples' lives. To do ...