In recent years the world has begun to transform into one interconnected network of diverse cultures and business markets.Due to the rapid growth of the Internet people from all over earth are able to explore many areas of interest, communicate one on one through e-mail or conduct business-to-business and business to consumer transactions.Since September 11, the public has started to see a real need for tighter security and controls within business organizations networks and home personal computers.Data theft and operation system attacks have increased dramatically; personal information like passwords, social security and bank account numbers were maliciously taken, personal computers were crashing and automatic tellers were flooding, affecting most everyone.The way your information is sent through the internet is uncontrolled by the sender, the message could get copied and confidential information released if proper security measures are not in place.
Security is “the sum of all measures taken to prevent
loss of any kind (Strebe)”.
“The major goals of information security are:
To ensure compliance with national security laws and privacy policies and laws(Oz, 662)”.