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Businesses continue to adopt Internet-based
technologies to streamline operations and create new
business opportunities. In fact, total annual revenues
from online commerce in the United States alone are
expected to top $1.5 billion by the end of 2011 (eMarketer,
2001).
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Online business assets, therefore, increase in value
every day. However, the networks, servers and desktops
that make online commerce work are inherently vulnerable
to attack and misuse. The more that organizations and
consumers depend on networks to conduct business, the
greater the risk - and the reality - of business
interruption, negative publicity, theft of proprietary or
private information, legal liability,
shareholder/stakeholder liability and other costly
business losses.
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