A Website Developer Is Working on a New E-Commerce Website

question 91

Multiple Choice

A website developer is working on a new e-commerce website and has asked an information security expert for the most appropriate way to store credit card numbers to create an easy reordering process. Which of the following methods would BEST accomplish this goal?

• A) Salting the magnetic strip information
• B) Encrypting the credit card information in transit
• C) Hashing the credit card numbers upon entry
• D) Tokenizing the credit cards in the database

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Definitions:

Perfect Substitutes

Goods that can completely replace each other in consumption, resulting in consumers being indifferent to which product they consume.

Income Elasticity

A measure of how the demand for a good or service changes with a change in the consumer's income.

Bagels

A type of bread product originating from the Jewish communities in Poland, known for their dense, chewy texture and hole-in-the-center shape.

Demand Function

An equation that relates the quantity of a good demanded by consumers to its price and other factors like income and prices of related goods.