Business on the Internet is booming, and, from retailers to brokers to suppliers, it is destroying old habits and creating opportunities.9 The general term E-commerce is applied to the use of computer and telecommunication technologies in doing business across the Internet. Without a doubt, E-commerce is ushering in an era of sweeping change that will leave no business or industry untouched. In just three years, the Net has reached some 90 million people, thereby bringing them within the reach of the companies that have their digital doorways wide open for selling virtually everywhere. U.S. businesses are expected to exchange an estimated $17 billion in goods and services this year over the Net, more than double the amount in 1997. (according to Forester) By 2002, that is expected to explode to $327 billion. Combine that with cost savings to business and online consumer buying, and the Internet could add an estimated $10 billion to $20 billion to gross domestic product in four years.9 With so much talk about the billions to be made in E-commerce, it would seem that the Net already was secure for business, but this is not the case. “In spite of this growth, more than 80 percent of companies say security is the leading barrier to expanding electronic links with customers and partners.” The infrastructure that supports commerce on the World Wide Web can at any time be easily susceptible to fraud, resulting in lost business opportunities and loss of customer confidence. In spite of all the sophisticated methods of encryption, authentication, passwords, firewalls and all the security protocols that are available, a fully secure environment that businesses need to carry out confidential transactions has still not been attainable. Such activities as unauthorized access, planting, and spoofing are still threats to both customers and companies.