Throughout this course and through the recently posted topics on the TEC101 blog, we were introduced to the topic of Network Security and the importance of it both as an individual and as an institution. In an increasingly digital world, more and more applications and devices are able to connect to the internet. With nearly everything in your life connected to the internet, it is crucial for you to take the step required to properly safeguard your personal information. There is no shortage of people who will try to lie, cheat, and exploit technology for nefarious reasons which means continuous learning and evolving is a critical component of our future with technology. Experian, a major analytics and credit reporting agency, reports that fraud incidents relating to identity theft amounted to over 6 billion dollars in losses in 2021 (Akin, 2022). While phone calls and text messages were the ...