Annotated Outline and Bibliography
Louis O. Rollins
Excelsior College- Albany, NY
BUS 570- Information Technology
14 November 2014
Dr. Wayne Brown
Abstract:
Businesses now need to connect and stay connected to partners and prospective partners to achieve the desired effects that will make all their transactions successful. LAN, (Local Area Networks), VPN (virtual private networks) and of course the new trending wireless networks are some of the principle ways that businesses are communicating with their customers, vendors and partners. The security problems with the internet (LAN, VPN and wireless) with regards to viruses, spyware, malware, and worms are a significant problem for employers, business owners and individuals. There have been attacks on networks all over the world and this had and will continue to impact businesses everywhere. Employers and employees need to know how to implement safety measures against these attacks.
Introduction
The internet has become a significant factor in the business world as all aspects of doing business have migrated to the internet. Where did the internet come from and who created it? The internet was first introduced to the world circa August 1991; the World Wide Web was made available to the general public by Tim Berners-Lee. Use of the internet grew exponentially from there giving everyone access to information across the globe. Access to the internet opened up many lucrative business ventures across the world. Unfortunately the web was not a perfect creation and soon there were people who realized that they could secretly access other users’ information and cause substantial damage to the system or the individual. This paper will examine some of the threats that are encountered by the Raldally Corporation during their business transactions on the internet and examine possible security solutions for the company. We will look at the viewpoints from the user