Online Security for the Business Traveler

Introduction

Remember what Bilbo used to say: ‘It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.’

JRR Tolkien¹

Did Tolkien know something about how travel would be in our present time (his future) that we did not? Or was he merely reflecting on one of those absolute truths that never changes throughout human history: travel can be dangerous. When transportation was by foot or horse, vulnerability was seen in terms of stamina and speed. (Can you outrun the bandit?) Boats offered ways to cross vast amounts of water space, but storms and raging waves cautioned that “there be dragons” (i.e., things you needed to look out for). (Can ...