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Browsing the Web is an indispensible tool in everyday business life. On the same PC, which we use for browsing, we work on sensitive data, e.g. personal data or internal business critical information. The immense benefits from using the Web are threatened by the continuously evolving risk of attacks to the browser. These attacks exploit the capabilities of modern browsers and inject malware into the internal network. The protection mechanisms of the browser and the operating system fail short and do not deliver an adequate level of security. In this article we discuss several attempts to secure Web browsing under the aspect of security, Web functionality, usability, efforts and costs, recovery in case of an infection and mobile use.
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Schirmer, N. (2013). Safe Browsing. In: Reimer, H., Pohlmann, N., Schneider, W. (eds) ISSE 2013 Securing Electronic Business Processes. Springer Vieweg, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-03371-2_15
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