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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report analyses the major safety issues and factors concerned with the ever-growing industry, ‘Digital Business’ (formally known as electronic commerce). It also attempts to answer the question: “How Safe is Digital Business?”. A review of literature published over the past 5 years, provides sufficient and up-to-date information to discuss the safety issues relating to Digital Business; these issues are: Ø Ethics Ø Personal responsibility Ø Security Ø Misuse of resources Although this report concludes that Digital Business is an industry which lacks appropriate security measures; it must be stressed that these conclusions only reflect the personal views of the author. SCOPE The scope of this report is bounded to a general research of the vulnerability and invulnerability of Digital Business worldwide, and how it relates to many safety issues (as earlier identified in the executive summary). It presents a well-argued case, supported by relevant literature and also provides a suggested recommendation/solution. Since ‘Information Technology’ is an ever-expanding advancement, this report does not examine the security of Digital Business prior to the past 5 years. INTRODUCTION