¹Brigham Young University, Piovo, UT, USA

Correspondence: J V Hansen, Marriott School of Management and Rollins E-Business Center, Brigham Young University, 540 N Eldon Tanner Building, PO Box 23068, Provo, UT 84602-3068, USA. E-mail: jameshansen@byu.edu

Received March 2000; Accepted April 2001.

Abstract

When a corporation begins exchanging business transactions over the Internet, the Internet becomes part of the corporate computer network. With access now available not only to the employees, but potentially to anyone else on the Internet, the scope of security concerns expands significantly. A variety of useful security software is available for controlling unauthorized intrusion, data corruption, and other potential vulnerabilities. These controls are subject, however, to vulnerability or inadequacy. The consequent losses can be mitigated by checking their performance periodically. This paper addresses current Internet commerce security problems and outlines selected optimization models and artificial intelligence methods that can be useful in scheduling the monitoring of related controls.