Controlling Risks of e-commerce Content
Adrian Wright, Director of IT Security, Reuters, UKCase Studies - Wednesday 1 November 2000
Traditional approaches to security are failing as we move towards ever more open networks and business models. The combined trends of outsourcing and joint ventures have rendered passé the concept of a secure perimeter shell and a firewall to protect it, as we extend the boundaries of trust outside of our former closed spheres. But perimeter firewalls are also becoming deficient for other reasons, as e-commerce content and applications contain increasingly active functionality that can neither be inspected nor controlled using perimeter firewalls alone. This means that organisations must examine their own 'risk appetites' to arrive at their own ideal balance of e-risks against e-benefits. This session explores the status and future trends for e-commerce content security, derived from practical experience in securing one of the largest corporate networks.
