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own eyes — it is the staff and insiders (see Figure 10.1). Electronic
sabotage, theft and disclosure of proprietary knowledge by insiders are
growing at an overall rate of a whopping 41% per annum.
10.4. E-Security Strategy
E-security strategy should be an integral part of a company's overall
B2Bi strategy. If a company wants to participate in B2Bi, it will have to
forgo the old strategy of completely hiding the data if it cannot be
protected. The new strategy calls for the implementation of a security
solution that enables enterprises to deliver secure e-business solutions and
personalized access management by controlling access to applications,
resources and data. It should give them the ability to extend their
internal systems to their business partners without quickly and easily
compromising on security or performance; incorporate the right selection,
configuration and use of security products and their integration with
legacy systems; and establish dynamic security policies. As a part of
their e-security strategy, companies have to:
• Determine critical assets such as corporate networks, devices,
applications and data;
• Evaluate the potential security threats in the B2B environment;
• Secure the assets by properly selecting and deploying a right security
solution, which provides a high return on investment while scaling to
their security needs; and
• Evolve the security solution by constantly reviewing the business
environment, B2Bi goals, current threats and the latest technological
changes.
10.5. Basic Security Services in B2Bi
E-security, in light of B2Bi, is about protecting an enterprise, while
extending the business information and data to cross-enterprise
applications and systems. In B2Bi, the focus is on building trusted
relationships with trading partners, and the importance of maintaining
this trust cannot be over-emphasized. Whenever data communication