Trust and confidence in information and communication technologies are key factors to transform electronic markets place in effective environments to do e-business and e- activities.
This paper analyses how cyber crime and e-insecurity affect the global economy and how the development and overall acceptance of an international e-security framework will contribute to the deployment of the information society. The validity of such model requires a challenging multidimensional approach of e-security. Recommendations are given to guide the conceptualisation of an unified e-security framework, pointing out its multidisciplinary dimension to enforce trust and confidence in ICT in a international context.