• Introducing all facets of the e-commerce environment to delegates.
• Examine the effects of electronic commerce to members of the accounting profession throughout the course.
• Explore the revenue-generating activities of firms, and most of these services are affected in some fashion by e-commerce services throughout the course.

Overview of electronic commerce

• Definition of E-Commerce
  
• Potential benefits of E-Commerce
• The internet and the WWW
• Electronic commerce security
• Implications for the accounting profession

Electronization of the Business

• Principles and axioms
  
• Main effects on business
• Management issues
• New paradigms and metaphors
• The theory of electronization
• E-Business methods and tools
• New business models
• Processes, their electronization and tools

B2B Processes and Strategies

• From B2C to B2B using corporate nets
  
• Corporate netS5
• B2B
• Emerging B2B Problems
• Electronic markets
• Analyze E-Business Strategy

E-Commerce and the role of independent third parties

• Consulting practices and accountant independence
  
• CPA vision project
• New assurance services identified by the AICPA
• Effect of E-Commerce on the traditional assurance
• Website seal options

EDI, Electronic Commerce and the internet

• Traditional EDI systems
  
• Financial EDI
• EDI Systems and the internet
• Effect of EDI internet applications

Risks of Insecure systems

• Overview of risks associated with internet transactions
  
• Internet associated risk
• Intranet associated risk
• Control weakness versus control risk
• Risk management paradigm
• Disaster recovery plans

Internet standards, protocols and languages

• Standard setting issues and committees
  
• Major standard-setting structures and interface
• Security committees and organizations
• Security protocols and languages
• Messaging protocols
• Mobile commerce and the WAP protocol

Cryptography and Authentication

• Messaging security issues
  
• Encryption techniques
• Public key infrastructure
• Key management

Firewalls

• Firewalls defined
  
• TCP/IP
• Open systems interconnect
• Components of a Firewall
• Typical functionality firewalls
• Personal firewalls
• Network typology
• Securing the firewall
• Factors to consider in firewall design

E-Commerce Payment Mechanism

• The set protocol
  
• Magnetic strip cards
• Smart cards
• Smart cards and mobile commerce
• Electronic checks
• Disposable credit card Numbers
• Electronic cash

Web-based Marketing

• The scope of marketing
  
• Business, marketing and information technology systems
• The Four P’s applied to internet marketing
• The fifth personalization
• Internet marketing techniques
• Online advertising
• Website design issues
• Intelligent agents and the effect of marketing