Secure Web Application Development and Global Regulation.pdf

Glisson, W.B. and Glisson, L.M. and Welland, R. (2007) Secure web application development and global regulation. In, The Second International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES07), 10-13 April 2007, pages pp. 681-688, Vienna, Austria. http://eprints.gla.ac.uk/3487/ Secure Web Application Development and Global Regulation William Bradley Glisson L. Milton Glisson Ray Welland University of Glasgow N. C. AT State University University of Glasgow glisson@dcs.gla.ac.uk glissonm@ ray@dcs.gla.ac.uk Abstract to 19.3% in 2002, to 20.3 % in 2003 [27]. E-business continues to grow in significance in today’s business The World Wide Web (WWW) has been environment. The economic, legal and societal interest in predominantly responsible for instigating radical the e-business growth has created a demand for a more paradigm transformations in today’s global information secure Web enabled business environment. Despite the rich civilizations. Many societies have basic operational critical role that security plays in the potential growth of economical components that depend on Web enabled e-commerce, reports are repeatedly produced by CSI/FBI systems in order to support daily commercial activities. [15], Deloitte [9] and PricewaterhouseCoopers [39] The acceptance of