Abstract
With the availability of international networks and with the wide distribution of personal computers, the occurrence of security threads and violations became a mass phenomenon. In parallel to the development of the new economies, a shadow industry of criminal organizations appeared. We will analyze the different types of threads and the technologies used today to break into computer systems and data collections and give an overview on security measures that are used for risk reduction.
If all that Americans want is security, they can go to prison. They’ll have enough to eat, a bed and a roof over their heads. But if an American wants to preserve his dignity and his equality as a human being, he must not bow his neck to any dictatorial government.
Dwight D. Eisenhower.
All human beings have three lives: public, private, and secret.
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Oppitz, M., Tomsu, P. (2018). Security and Privacy Challenges. In: Inventing the Cloud Century. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61161-7_14
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