Research has also shown a direct correlation exists between public speaking and one s income and between public speaking and one s education level. Dr. Bill Richter is the Chair of the Department of Communication and Theatre at Lenoir-Rhyne College. He has taught courses and workshops in public speaking at several institutions and corporations. Prior to entering the field of academia, Dr. Richter worked in television and radio. Privacy and data security have been important issues since the dawn of the computer age.
Computers allow data to be more easily transported, copied, and manipulated.
Once in, they can perform false financial transactions, steal secrets, manipulate records, or sabotage the computer systems themselves. Several approaches for securing data will be discussed including encryption, firewalls, and other activities that improve the security of enterprise data. Errors that occur when data are stored or manipulated incorrectly, or because the software manipulating the data has errors, have plagued industry since the introduction of the computer to manage information. The number of data-driven errors is increasing, and the financial and personal costs have yet to be determined. Bad data produces damage.