Threats to Personal and Business Communications

In the technical environment of today’s interpersonal and business relations, it would be very difficult to be without electronic communication. We have become accustomed to having, using, and depending upon cellular phones, email, voicemail, audio/visual, and other means of digital communication. By and large, we take the technology that enables these services for granted and focus on the message it conveys. When was the last time you seriously considered all the processes involved in accepting and delivering a postal (snail mail) letter? Or an email for that matter?

However, as valuable as our communications are, especially in a business, they are generally unsecured and easily compromised. The ...

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