Authors | Research topic | Key Risks Identified |
| E-commerce and electronic payment system risks: Lessons from Paypal | Fraud in e-commerce transactions is one among the serious risks businesses have to contend with. Another risk is compliance to existing and new laws. |
| Risk management in real estate electronic transactions | Misleading information is a risk in the real estate e-commerce platform. Bad listings may find access to real estate websites. Properties not meeting expectations may be listed if website managers are not keen. |
| Virtual Crimes, Real Damages: A Primer on Cybercrimes in The United States and Efforts to Combat Cybercriminals | Study identified the following risks: economic or foreign spying, malicious employees who pose a threat to the business, spamming, phishing, hacking of systems and email extraction programmes. |
| Too Complex to Depict? Innovation, “Pure Information”, and the SEC Disclosure Paradigm, 90 TEX. | Risks identified by the study include: Laws of the home country; International laws due to geographical expansion; Money transfer laws; Money laundering laws; Terrorism financing laws. |
| Long, Messages from the Front: Hard Earned Lessons on Information Security from the IP War | Risk identified was war on protection of intellectual property in cyberspace |
| Protecting Intellectual Property and Privacy in the Digital Age: The Use of National Cybersecurity Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Risk | Risks established by the study include: Cybercrime Cyberterrorism; Crime that is committed electronically, Security of the e-commerce infrastructure, Protection of intellectual property; Internet governance; Jurisdictional disputes. |
| Insurability of Cyber Risk: An Empirical Analysis | Study established risks such as: Litigation due to violation of laws; Litigation due to violation of policies on privacy and disclosure of customer information; Fines resulting from violation of laws such as consumer protection legislation. |
| Rethinking Virtual Currency Regulation in the Bitcoin Age | Risk identified by the study is overreliance on the internet If internet providers make any changes e-commerce platforms will be affected; If they develop policies restricting access then business will be adversely affected. |