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Term Paper Title	This Paper Is About Data Security And What Is Done To Try To Keep Data Safe,
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     This paper is about data security and what is done to try to keep data safe,

especially on The Internet. The subject was chosen because it is very important in the

information age of today. Also a majority of studies right now deal with Internet

protocols and computer networking, for this reason I thought this paper would be

beneficial to myself.

     Earlier computer systems based Dos, UNIX, Novell version 3.12, and certain

earlier versions of Windows did not incorporate the kinds of security needed today.

“”Security” has become a buzzword. It has joined “speed,” ”ease of use,” and

“interoperability” as one of those things that technology vendors have to at least promise

that their product delivers.” (Intranet Security xvii). There is an uncountable number of

computer breakins each month. Most breakins however are probably not reported due to

unaware System Administrators.

     There was the 1993 case in which investigators in NYC found that three city

employees had found a flaw in city’s real estate tax computer system and erased

20,000,000 dollars in overdue property taxes (Secure Commerce on The Internet 12). The

corporation Citibank also had an incident in 1995 in which Russian hackers stole over

10,000,000 dollars in fraudulent wire transfers by exploiting a hole in it’s systems

provision for money transfers. It cost the Italian government over 225,000 to repair a

glitch in The Rome Air Force Base’s system. The telecommunications giant of the west

Southwestern Bell had a problem with a hacker named Christopher Schanot that cost

them around 100,000 dollars. According to the CSI \ FBI Computer Crime and Security

Survey, 246 organizations reported over 100,000,000 dollars in financial loses due to

security breaches in 1997 (Intranet Security xvii). The survey, keep in mind, represents

only 246 out of 1000’s of business’s. This statistic only describes the “reported”

computer crimes which are not always traceable. Many times an investigation is

needed to try to catch the person stealing. Therefore, if it is a one time theft and the

hacker covers his tracks effectively, the incident may go unreported.

     In a study done by the Department of Defense (DOD), approximately 9000

computers were tested and more than 87% were successfully “cracked into”, of which

only less than 1% of the break-ins were reported. A popular computer security researcher,

Dan Farmer, conducted a survey of high-profile, commerce-oriente...

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