Network Security: Problems and Solutions

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This paper examines the issues surrounding computer network security, exploring the ways in which a business computer system can be protected from breaches that occur without permission of the owner of that system. The paper explains that many breaches are either simply for the technical challenge of doing so or because a "hacker" wishes to gain information from that system or to disrupt the work being done by that system. While some hacking is relatively harmless in intent, a great deal of it is highly destructive, or even potentially disastrous. At the highest levels " hacking into the nation's defense system, for example " hacking could be catastrophic. The writer shows that there are a number of ways in which computers can be protected. This paper examines examples of breaches, and of critical safeguards that have proven effective or so promise while in development.

Introduction, Overview
Literature Review: Damage Done and the Continuing Danger
Type of Study
Solutions to Problems
Summary and Conclusion
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"Hacking " and other computer crimes related to uninvited intrusion " have become a part of both our daily lives and a part of our popular culture. While in the former it is often extremely harmful, in the latter it is often depicted either as good clean fun or as part of the arsenal of those fighting the so-called good fight. This paper examines the ways in which a computer network can be kept secure through the use of a number of both high tech and very low-tech strategies. After defining the problem and looking at the background of this issue, this paper looks at a real-world example of hacking ". and the price that is paid and, in addition, the strategies needed to avoid the pitfalls of intrusive access and attacks on network systems."

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