Analysing a search in a database would give even more information. This point is well illustrated by the use of databases in molecular biology. The databases and software required to manipulate the data are presently stored and disseminated from the EBI and the EMBnet nodes. This means that companies themselves have to establish complex computer systems and find the staff required to maintain the services. This will introduce questions of costs, most EMBnet hosts are free, or charge a modest fee with few security facilities being offered in exchange.
Internal security is another issue which occupies centre-stage in many debates about the Internet.
The degree of hype attached to what people can do on the network is great and people have placed all sorts of concerns in this medium while ignoring dangers in the more traditional manners of sending information. And, there appears to be a far greater danger of internal mistakes leading to security leaks than of determined hackers breaking in and, while the Internet has alerted many to the dangers of hackers and mail interception, industrial espionage has been around for a long time. The simplest way to avoid this is to ensure that you do not place data in an unprotected environment. This danger is indeed relevant to the former, malicious damage, sector. Here the key is to ensure that the information is not connected to any outside connection, and that the computer operators are well trained and educated as to protecting their files.