Security in E Banking

Security Measures in Internet Banking

Objective:
“Internet banking is a faster means of banking which can be made safe through various security measures”
Following points are considered to elaborate the statement:
  * Security in Internet banking
  * Security threats in Internet banking
  * Solutions to implement security

Introduction:
The rapid advancement in technology has touched nearly every area of life. The Internet and web technologies have already left their indelible mark on the way the world functions. Banking is no exception to this paradigm. In the financial services industry, the Internet and, in particular, the World Wide Web, serve as a new channel for transmitting financial information.With the popularity of PCs, easy access to Internet and World Wide Web (WWW), Internet is increasingly used by banks as a channel for receiving instructions and delivering their products and services to their customers.
One of the main concerns of Internet-banking is security. Without great confidence in security, customers are unwilling to use a public network, such as the Internet, to view their financial information online and conduct financial transactions. The banks therefore should implement various available security techniques to gain clients trust and confidence.

Internet Banking
The Internet banking is just the extension of the normal or traditional banking services.
Internet banking, sometimes called online banking, uses the Internet as the channel  
to conduct banking activities.   Internet-banking can mean the provision of information about a bank and its services via a home page on the World Wide Web (WWW). The main reason behind the success of Internet banking is the numerous benefits it can provide, both to the banks and to customers of financial services.
Internet banking provides both traditional as well as new services to the users. It consists of   various informational, communicative   and transactional services such as view...