Amazon.com and security concerns
Amazon.com understands that customers care about the security of private information. Amazon’s Privacy Notice provides customers with the information that the company receives from them, and how it is used. This company uses Secure Sockets layer (SSL) software to encrypt customers’ data (Smith, 2004). It also sends email updates to customers to create awareness and inform them about any changes it makes.
Amazon.com seeks legal consultation from regulations governing cloud computing, and hence complies with the law. For instance, the law protects the customers’ data from being disclosed to any third party. Amazon keeps less confidential data on the virtual servers and the most important in secure places. The company reveals very few digits of a credit card number during confirmation of orders. It encourages customers to sign off from their website after accessing data to protect unauthorized people from accessing their accounts.
Plan methods to manage systems development
First, project managers should evaluate the existing system by interviewing customers in order to identify deficiencies. The second step is to define the new management system requirements, in relation to the existing management systems by proposing measures that can improve them. The third step is to design the proposed system. This should involve laying out plans related to physical construction, hardware, security issues including legal and privacy aspects, system operations, communication, and programming among others.
The fourth step is to develop the new system. The project managers should ensure that they obtain, install the new programs and components after training the users. The fifth step is to put the system into action, or use. The last step is to evaluate the new system after observing how it operates. Organizations using the system should emphasize on high maintenance standards and ensure that the users get periodic updates with regard to transformations in the new system.
Reference
Smith, G. E. (2004). Control and security of e-commerce. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley.