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InfoSec 101
Sciences such as engineering, physics, and medicine have been around for centuries. Even so, these disciplines still see advances in their body of knowledge every day. But the modern growth at least has had an established foundation to build upon. In contrast, information security—indeed, IT as a whole—is an immature industry, comparatively, still in diapers. The early computers—mainframes—had built-in security in that they were huge (I’ve never heard of a mainframe being stolen out of the trunk of someone’s car), they were not networked outside of the organization (or even IN the organization!), and only super-smart geeks could run them anyway.
Then the PC happened.
Then the LAN card happened.
Then Al Gore happened.
Then the Internet happened.
And then, e-commerce happened.
The Information Age was fully upon us, and suddenly, every worker was a knowledge worker and every consumer an e-shopper. For a few glorious moments it seemed that a whole new world of possibilities was opening up for humankind.
Then the trouble began....
Stay tuned and learn what you can do to protect your online self.
Then the PC happened.
Then the LAN card happened.
Then Al Gore happened.
Then the Internet happened.
And then, e-commerce happened.
The Information Age was fully upon us, and suddenly, every worker was a knowledge worker and every consumer an e-shopper. For a few glorious moments it seemed that a whole new world of possibilities was opening up for humankind.
Then the trouble began....
Stay tuned and learn what you can do to protect your online self.
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