Answer the following questions based on the Case Study Reading of

French, M.A (2012). A Case Study in E-Banking Security-When Security Becomes Too Sophisticated for the User to Access Their Information. Journal of Internet Banking and Commerce, (17:2).

1. Briefly summarize the main objective of the paper.

2. Identify three security risks inhered in eBanking?

3. What are some security measures that can be implemented to mitigate the security risks present in eBanking?

4. The case study quotes As technology continues to advance, security measures also continue to improve and become more sophisticated. While security continues to get stronger, some studies have argued that increased security could have negative effects on the usability of the system its trying to protect (Braz and Robert, 2006; Yee, 2004).

Do you agree that security could have negative effects on the usability of the system? Explain your answer.

5. Considering the case of Person A from the study, what were the steps that increased the risk of the users login credentials from being stolen? Is the person to blame for this?

6. Considering the case of Person B from the study, what were the steps that increased the risk of the users login credentials from being stolen? Is the person to blame for this?

7. Are technical measures enough to prevent security compromises in eBanking? Explain your answer

8. Explain insider threats and the three areas that internal threats can originate from?

8. Discuss your thoughts on what could have been done different in the case of Person A and Person B for better security

10. Discuss your thoughts on how usability and security can be balanced