Above is my Mozilla Thunderbird account opened with my two emails from the ISM professor. This project taught me how important it is to utilize secure email to ensure that private information does not fall into the wrong hands or go public. As I enter into the work force, I will keep this in mind when I am computing from work about private corporate information as well as when I am at home computing about my finances or paying bills online.
The article I read was "Indicted suspect allegedly breaks for credit-card data theft." It is about a man who was convicted of breaking into TJMaxx, BJs wholesale, Marshalls, Office Max, Barnes and Noble and Sports Authority. He stole credit card information from millions of customers and accrued millions of dollars through this terrible deeds. This goes to show that many companies, especially retailers can be vulnerable to security problems. If aforementioned companies had utilized an encryption based system to store credit card numbers, Gonzalez (the thief) would have never been able to hack into their systems. Gonzalez utilized the exploitation of weak computer networking systems to steal a large amount of each company's customer base.
The article I've mentioned goes along with the security topic we encountered last week. One of the most important lessons I learned this semester was the fact that computer networks should be solid and secure before you utilize them as a company, consumer or personally.
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