Chapter 14. Securing Personal and Business Communications

COMMUNICATION TODAY uses a wide variety of devices and technology, such as e-mail, SMS, and voice mail. People communicate with these devices to discuss both personal and business affairs. Security is necessary to maintain the availability, integrity, and confidentiality of these communications. People are naturally confident their information is secure, but that confidence may not be well-founded.

Everybody has different expectations of how secure their communication is, but security is likely lower than people assume. This chapter will differentiate between two types of communication: store-and-forward and real-time. You will learn how devices and methods of popular communication fit into ...

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