{"id":253449,"date":"2025-03-30T12:40:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-30T10:40:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/?p=253449"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:51:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T10:51:01","slug":"shnibish-writes-seasonal-greed-and-electronic-services-security-between-transaction-growth-and-protection-assurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/shnibish-writes-seasonal-greed-and-electronic-services-security-between-transaction-growth-and-protection-assurance\/","title":{"rendered":"Shnibish Writes: &#8220;Seasonal Greed and Electronic Services Security: Between Transaction Growth and Protection Assurance&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Written by Anas Shnibish: &#8220;Seasonal Greed and Electronic Services Security: Between Transaction Growth and Protection Assurance&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With the increasing reliance on electronic services in various aspects of life, digital security has become a top priority. At the same time, the concept of &#8220;seasonal greed&#8221; emerges, referring to peak periods in the use of these services, such as seasonal promotions, holidays, major discounts, and annual events. During these times, user activity surges, posing significant cybersecurity challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question here is: What role do banks, service providers, and customers play in enhancing the security of electronic services, especially during peak seasons?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Role of Banks in Electronic Security<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Banks are responsible for securing digital financial transactions, protecting customer data, and preventing fraud. Their role includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Enhancing security systems: Utilizing strong encryption, firewalls, and fraud detection systems to monitor suspicious activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Providing two-factor authentication (2FA): Requiring an additional verification code when logging in or making payments.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monitoring transactions and detecting fraud: Using artificial intelligence to analyze financial operations and identify any unusual activities.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Launching awareness campaigns: Sending alerts and warning messages about cyber fraud methods such as phishing and fake websites.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Offering secure payment tools: Including virtual cards and tokenization technology to prevent the theft of original card data.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Role of Electronic Service Providers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Electronic service providers include e-commerce platforms, payment processors, internet service providers, and fintech companies. Their responsibilities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Implementing strong security protocols: Such as HTTPS protocol, advanced encryption (SSL\/TLS), and intrusion detection\/prevention systems (IDS\/IPS) to protect user data.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensuring system stability during peak periods: By optimizing server performance and utilizing cloud computing technologies to prevent downtime and security breaches.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conducting regular security audits: To detect and fix vulnerabilities in websites and applications.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Protecting customer data: Through policies such as not storing sensitive payment information and encrypting user details.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing additional verification tools: Such as biometric authentication (fingerprint or facial recognition) to secure electronic transactions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Customer&#8217;s Role in Protecting Their Data and Funds<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the significant efforts of banks and service providers, the customer remains the weakest link if they do not follow essential security measures. Their responsibilities include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Not sharing sensitive information: Such as passwords, bank card details, or verification codes with any unauthorized entity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Purchasing only from trusted websites: Ensuring they use HTTPS protocol and have clear data protection policies before entering payment details.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enabling two-factor authentication (2FA) on financial and electronic accounts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Regularly updating passwords: Using strong, unique passwords for different accounts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reviewing banking transactions regularly: And immediately reporting any unknown transactions.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoiding clicking on suspicious links: Sent via email or text messages, as they may be phishing attempts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Ensuring the security of electronic services requires joint cooperation between banks, service providers, and customers. While banks work on securing financial transactions, service providers must offer a safe electronic infrastructure, and customers must follow basic protection measures to avoid falling victim to cyber fraud. In the end, cybersecurity is a shared responsibility, and any weakness in one party can lead to risks that threaten everyone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Written by Anas Shnibish: &#8220;Seasonal Greed and Electronic Services Security: Between Transaction Growth and Protection Assurance&#8221; With the increasing reliance on electronic services in various aspects of life, digital security has become a top priority. At the same time, the concept of &#8220;seasonal greed&#8221; emerges, referring to peak periods in the use of these services, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":253450,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[683],"tags":[637,930,613],"class_list":["post-253449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic-articles","tag-banks","tag-electronic-services","tag-libya"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253456,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253449\/revisions\/253456"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253450"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sada.ly\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}