Through our own research, we estimate that the damage done to private households and businesses amounts to over $400 billion per year due to poor, or non-existing, digital security. This includs credit card fraud, identify theft, software and movie piracy, corporate espionage through network break-ins, and more.

The major reasons why systems are hacked are twofold.

First, the acquisition of a network password is easy. Sometimes a phone call is enough to gain access to vital information. A hacker, disguised as the service man from the target company’s IT department, calls a person with access to the network and requests his access code so that he can fix the ongoing issues that the gullible employee has experienced.

You think that this is unrealistic? Up to a third of all employees would give out their password to Mr. Nice Guy from the IT department when asked. This has been tested and confirmed by a major medical corporation (who desires to rename nameless). Imagine what would happen if a little cash was offered for such information to one or more of your employees?

While you could counter this threat with an awareness campaign concerning password security, you may not want to let your staff know that you are that vulnerable. DreamStream suggests the installation of our security solution behind your firewall. True security will give you the ability to focus on your business rather than wasting your time on those who will inevitably try to steal your business. 

The second reason why security breaches take place is that the technology or encryption algorithm is published and readily available for hackers to exploit. Once you have an inside look how the technology works, it is just a question of time until a smart mathematician figures out how to break the code. Once the code is broken, it doesn’t take much to break the security installations that rely on that particular code.

CBS’s 60 Minutes explains how the WEP standard was broken a long time ago and that this protection is actually no protection at all. The methods it takes to hack into WEP are “common knowledge” among subversive elements.

DreamStream has an unpublished encryption algorithm. Our security setup ensures that not even our developers are able to gain access to the complete solution. Once DreamStream develops your customized solution it becomes your own digital fortress.

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