System Security

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This paper discusses the vulnerability of personal and business computer systems to criminal elements in which valuable and personal information may be stolen or used for purposes other than originally intended. This paper looks at the effectiveness of firewalls and secure proxy servers to combat the growing trend of computer theft and hacking. This paper focuses on how these and other technologies are implemented and the manner in which they work to secure personal information as well as the information of a particular business or agency. This paper also delves into the ramifications of personal identity theft over the internet.

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"Initially the Internet was used by academics and government workers who did not transact commercial business and who did not send personal information over the so-called Information Super highway. With the introduction of the graphic interface that became the World Wide Web and the proliferation of commercial sites dedicated to new types of business transactions, e-commerce, the issue of privacy and data protection became increasingly important on the Web. Companies worried that key internal information could be stolen while individuals worried that their personal identities could also be stolen."

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