M.Comm. / The principal aim of the present dissertation is to determine the nature of an electronicbanking environment, to determine the threats within such an environment and the security functionality needed to ward off these threats. Security solutions for each area at risk will be provided in short. The main focus of the dissertation will fall on the security protocols that can be used as solutions to protect a banking system. In the dissertation, indication will also be given of what the security protocols, in their turn, depend on to provide protection to a banking system. There are several security protocols that can be used to secure a banking system. The problem, however, is to determine which protocol will provide the best security for a bank in a specific application. This dissertation is also aimed at providing a general security framework that banks could use to evaluate various security protocols which could be implemented to secure a banking system. Such framework should indicate which security protocols will provide a bank in a certain banking environment with the best protection against security threats. It should also indicate which protocols could be used in combination with others to provide the best security.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uj/uj:3063 |
| Date | 22 August 2012 |
| Creators | Van Buuren, Suzi |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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