Security Improvements
Many companies have taken up the challenge of securing internet and data that go through the internet as we move to a more mobile workplace. Encryption, data compression and other technologies have greatly improved the security of information as it barrels through the internet. Hardware based protection for such networks are now becoming available and are now being implemented. Firewalls and other intrusion prevention and detection systems have improved greatly allowing us to work without worrying about information being lost or being stolen. Biometrics and other technologies bundled together is proving to be a harder nut to crack and many are finding them more and more of a necessity to assure safe and secure computing over the Internet.