Electronic information and data can be integrated into business processes directly and without changing the medium. This trend of re-engineering business processes of all kinds corresponds with the trend towards general internationalization and globalization. The number of mobile workplaces and telework places is constantly growing, leading to an immense saving of time and money. The necessary link to the Internet, however, brings new dangers, as the LoveBug virus dramatically showed. It is of vital importance for organizations to define possible threats in order to be able to estimate which attacks could be dangerous and which might be ignored.
Adequate countermeasures help organizations to reduce their vulnerability.
Risks of connecting to the Internet Making use of the Internet is an attractive possibility in many respects. One considerable disadvantage, however, is the security aspect. Access to valuable information on the computer systems of an organization Connecting to the Internet is not a one-way street. Malware can even be sent within the framework of allowed communication rules over the central firewall system. Cookies and cache Cookies are stored on a user's PC by the web sites the user went to in order to track the user's activities and to enable the owner of the web site to offer customized products and services.