Question

Answer the following question(s):

1. What might be the effects of not using encryption on network or Internet traffic?
   
2. Why might vendors propose proprietary encryption methods rather than using standard encryption technologies?

Make sure you provide a substantive and thorough post.

Answer 1

What might be the effects of not using encryption on network or Internet traffic?   

If the data is not encrypted , the data is in readable form before being sent further inside the private network protected by a firewall. Operators of the firewall can intercept, change or manipulate the data.

By not using encryption it may happen that Data breaches can happen.

All the sensitive information may be stolen by the hackers.This may leads to the loss of data and personal information.

  In fact, today hackers are targeting small to mid-sized businesses simply because those networks tend to be less secure.

Not using encryption may represent huge risk in terms of actual financial costs and damage to reputation.

Why might vendors propose proprietary encryption methods rather than using standard encryption technologies?

In most cases,vendors may propose proprietary encryption methods rather than using standard encryption technologies because they want their encryption technique private.

They may also feel that if they use the available standard encryption technologies such as Standard Encryption Technologies they may try to be exploited by attackers.