Resumen en español

This case study will address the impact of cyber-crime on e-commerce operations in Colombia, as well as the risks involved in buying or selling, online transactions, etc. In addition, it will show the growth that Colombia has had in recent years in terms of e-commerce operations, the different sectors in which it has grown considerably and the behavior it has had with the current situation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Three chapters have been developed, of which the first one is conformed by a brief summary of the e-commerce operations in Colombia from the year 2015 to the present year, the different types and the growth that Colombia has had in this modality of doing business. The second chapter mentions the risks to which people are exposed at the time of performing any ecommerce operation. And finally, the third chapter explains, as an example, how organizations have been investing in digital security today to create safe environments for online buying and selling operations and to provide security and confidentiality to their data.