La importancia del sistema de gestión de la seguridad de la Información en el comercio electrónico empresarial

Abstract

The economic opening generated by the globalizing processes has allowed the information systems technology to speed up the commercial, administrative and financial processes of the companies, facilitating payment systems and communication processes with customers, suppliers and employees. However, it is wagered on stage information security as an element of great importance for customers. That is why the information security management systems in electronic commerce, becomes a vital tool for those companies that carry out business by this means, since there are designed policies and strategies that allow to plan reliable commercial systems for users and Internet users In this order of ideas, this paper seeks to identify the arguments that allow demonstrating the need to implement information security systems in companies that conduct electronic commerce, since there are still Colombian companies that in this area are doing business in means of informatic informality, without considering aspects that are essential for their safety and that of their clients.According to the above, the present work was developed in three sections, which begins with a general description of the importance of electronic commerce in companies, since here we seek to contextualize the issue to make it understandable when addressing the main risks facing the sector, an aspect shown in the following section, where the main computer threats that are envisaged in this type of trade are attempted to be put in context. Subsequently, it concludes with a section that recounts the importance of implementing the Information Security Management System in these organizations to offer greater confidence to their clients and interested parties in the commercial activities that are developed in these business models.