Ecommerce

King Saud University

College of Computer & Information Sciences

Information Technology Department

IT 361

First Semester 1435/1436

Assignment 3

* Sent your submission as a soft copy to it361.ksu1@gmail.com the email subject must include: Your Lecture Section Number and assignment number.

* Send your submission as word file (doc or docx) or as pdf file.

* The Due date to submit your tutorial is on Monday (20 Oct 2014) before 8:00 am.

Case Study Questions

1. What is the value proposition that Square offers consumers? How about merchants? What are some of the weaknesses of Square’s system?

2. Why would the telecommunications carriers like AT&T and Verizon want to move into the payments business? What chance do they have to compete against Google? What’s their advantage??

3. What advantages does PayPal have in the mobile payment market? What are its weaknesses?

4. What strategies would you recommend that PayPal pursue in order to translate its dominance in alternative online payments into a strong position in the emerging mobile payment market, especially in on-premise payments?

Projects

1. Imagine you are the owner of an e-commerce Web site. What are some of the signs that your site has been hacked? Discuss the major types of attacks you could expect to experience and the resulting damage to your site.

2. Given the shift toward mobile commerce, do a search on mobile commerce crime. Identify and discuss the new security threats this type of technology creates. Outline your vision of the new opportunities for cybercrime.