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E-Commerce and E-Business
(ii) National Information Security Assurance Program (NISAP)
(iii) National Informatics Centre (NIC)
(iv) CERT-In
11.7 Review Questions
1. “Growth in Information Technology (IT) sector has exposed the user to a huge bank of
information.” Comment.
2. “Terror attacks in major cities and towns across the world show the inadequacy of the
mechanisms to address the challenge of cyber threat.” Comment.
3. “Executable based attack happens when a program is executed on the target computer system.”
Analyze.
4. “Cyber attacks are commonly directed towards economic and financial institutions.” Discuss.
5. “Crime in a society will remain at a tolerable level if it is detected early.” Discuss.
6. “Governments should engage academic institutions to educate the common man about the
dangers of cyber terrorism.” Comment.
7. “The day is not far when terrorists themselves will be excellent hackers.” Comment.
8. “Cyber terrorism is the convergence of terrorism and cyber space.” Analyze.
9. “Cyber criminals attack computer networks and advocate violence, promote hatred and
vandalism using the Internet.” Discuss.
10. “A common vision is required to ensure cyber security and prevent cyber-crimes.” Comment.
11. “The most popular weapon in cyber terrorism is the use of computer viruses and worms.”
Discuss.
12. “Cybercrime is the latest and perhaps the most complicated problem in the cyber world.”
Comment.
Answers: Self Assessment
1. (a) F (b) T (c) F (d) T (e) T (f) T
2. (a) Indo-US Cyber Security Forum (IUSCSF) (b) Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)
(c) Data diddling (d) Logic bomb (e) Indian Department of Information
Technology
3. (a) Computer vandalism (b) Salami attack (c) Intellectual property crime
(d) E-mail bombing (e) CERT-In
11.8 Further Readings
Bajaj, K. K., and Nag, D. E-Commerce: The Cutting Edge of Business, 2nd ed. New Delhi:
Tata McGraw-Hill
Chan, H., Lee, R., Dillon, T., and Chang, E. (2008). E-Commerce: Fundamentals And
Applications, Student ed. New Delhi: Willey India (P.) Ltd.
http://cybercrime.planetindia.net/intro.htm
http://www.naavi.org/pati/pati_cybercrimes_dec03.htm
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