Chapter 5 of our main text discusses the hacker profile. Included in this profile are employees. Also, denial of service is discussed in the text as one of the major threats hackers pose on businesses. In this case, the employee was able to attack the system and cause denial of service. The article states that if the employee had not been caught, the viability of the firm would have been threatened.
Encryption changes information into an unreadable format.
This prevents someone from intercepting information you send on the Internet and being able to read it. In order to translate this information the person must have certain keys to transfer the information into a readable format. Hopefully by now, we have all heard about the Census. The long form includes much more detailed information. This long form may be completed and mailed through the U.S. Postal Service, or the applicant may fill out the online form and send over the Internet.