Importance Of Communication In The 21st Century

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In the 21 century communication is the key to daily life. Without communication many of us would feel paralyzed. The source of the communication and key to the information age is the internet. It supplies nearly 100% of the communication for the 21st century. Understanding the building blocks of the internet, and software vulnerabilities will allow you to better understand communication in the 21st century. How we communicate on the internet Communication on the internet has allowed to what took months into seconds. We no longer have to communicate through the slow pace of mail sometimes taking months if you were to send it across the ocean. Consequently, the weeks of waiting for your mail to communicate with your loved ones far across the world is now instanteious. Rather than having the letter carried on the backs of …show more content…

You could prevent them through secure coding. “Secure coding is the practice of writing programs that are resistant to attack by malicious or mischievous people or programs.” Secure coding protects a users data from theft or corruption. Secure coding is no longer an option, but a necessity in today's modern world. It provides a buffer between your site or application, and will have a decreased likelihood in successful exploitation. Browsers are just one of many software applications that can have vulnerabilities within their applications or within their protocols that allow hackers access to their system. No single browser is safe from hackers because they all contain vulnerabilities. It is only through multiple layers of defense can one truly be safe from cyber attacks even then it will not with 100% certainty prevent attacks from penetrating your network. Usage of firewalls, secure coding, and security minded users will help prevent your browser and application from being hacked because no singular defense will be good enough against a well motivated

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