Keywords: Security, Electronic Commerce, Trusted Third Party (TTP), Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Digital Seal.

Abstract: Traditional business practice depends on trust relations between the transacting parties. One of the most important aspects of this trust is the quality of the offered services or products. The Web currently constitutes an enabler for Electronic Commerce, providing a global transaction platform that does not require physical presence. However, transferring trust from the physical world to the electronic one is a process that requires a trust infrastructure to be provided by the electronic world. We believe that current infrastructure models based on Trusted Third Parties can be enhanced. We introduce the notion of Digital Seals and we provide a mechanism for transferring the trust placed by users to companies in the physical world, to the electronic one.

Keywords: Collaborative Knowledge Networks (CKN),

Abstract: The effective use of community-driven Collaborative Knowledge Networks (CKN) is fast becoming a hallmark of high-performing organizations. Companies that learn to manage and leverage these networks effectively will be more agile, more efficient and more innovative than those that do not. This paper describes necessary tools and methods to identify, promote and manage the development of collaborative knowledge communities within organizations. Such communities tend to emerge spontaneously, the catalysts are myriad, and they exist for as long as the members derive value from the network. Their lack of formal hierarchy and boundaries appears to promote innovation and reduces complexity around problem solving and solution development. Harnessing these communities and realizing the benefits for business purposes is clearly attractive and yet the challenge is significant.

Keywords: Covert communications, data hiding, anonymity, confidentiality, privacy, interception.

Abstract: Covert communications through digital networks are a small subset of covert channel communications through all other networks such as human contacts, postal, telephone, ham radio and other networks. The repertoire of options available to anyone for covert communications through digital networks is limited only by imagination; covert communications are therefore inherently uncontrollable.

Keywords: E-business, reengineering, E-business process outsourcing, organizational structures

Abstract: Advances in telecommunications and E-business technologies are enabling rapidly changing firm boundaries and large-scale reorganization of business processes. Business processes consist increasingly of information that is, or can be, digitized and transmitted from and to virtually anywhere in the world. Thus, the procedural and geographical barriers to outsourcing of business processes have been substantially reduced, if not eliminated. This reengineering of the business processes is enabling the reorganization of the corporation and its business model, and may eventually help realize the virtual enterprise. However, there are barriers to proper analysis of the business process outsourcing decision. These barriers include transaction cost, opportunistic behavior (risk), and sunk costs considerations. Addressing these inherent barriers, this paper proposes a bias-free reengineering tool to aid in E-business process outsourcing decisions.

Keywords: Onlien Shopping, Electronic Commerce, Motivation Factor, Concern Factor, Internet Users Attitudes & Behaviour

Abstract: Electronic Commerce (E-Commerce) growth is increasing at a rapid rate and is replacing traditional commerce. The benefits of shopping online cannot be underestimated. The E-Commerce offers Internet users a wider range of benefits, such as finding the products which cannot be available locally and reducing Internet users\' time for searching the related products. Furthermore, the Internet users receive more attractive sales promotional offers from Internet sellers and also through individual e-mail accounts. Despite these motivational factors, there are various transactional and non-transactional issues involved such as, Internet users being uncomfortable while giving their credit card numbers on the Internet, Internet merchants\' misuse of users\' personal information, lack of help from sales representatives whilst purchasing online and offer of products are in different currencies. These and other factors appear to affect emerging trends of Electronic Commerce in Malaysia. This study therefore, focuses on the concern factors, which affect the online buyers in Malaysia. A total of 579 randomly selected respondents in this research study, who were selected from the three different states in Malaysia namely Penang, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur. The above states were chosen because they are generally known to have a high number of Internet users.