Is Your Business Safe On The Web?

The Internet is the world's largest marketplace, some 50 million people having access to it in the UK alone, with commercial transactions topping £850 million.

At present whilst an estimated 20% of "wired" adults have made only one on-line purchase, the value of transactions is expected to increase to £145 billion in Western Europe in the next two to three years, with some £30 billion of that generated in this country.

But how secure are commercial transactions which are carried out over the Web?

The answer is.... not very.

Internet communications are routed via public telephones lines which can be monitored in the same way as any telephone call. As a result, fears of industrial espionage are discouraging some businesses from using the Web for business which is commercially sensitive.