WEB SECURITY ISSUES: HOW HAS RESEARCH ADDRESSED THE GROWING NUMBER OF THREATS?

The Internet has drastically changed how organizations do business. The World Wide Web (WWW or Web) is becoming increasingly important in doing business, selling to customers, managing relationships with vendors and partners, etc. In fact, many organizations have only a Web presence and do not have a physical location. This increase in reliance on the Internet has opened organizations to a plethora of potential threats, giving rise to a broad area of study focusing on security of Web based resources. This study examines some of the many threats to Web Security and investigates how academic research has approached and addressed these threats