a common way to protect information being sent over a network when long distance is involved is
Computer and network surveillance Computer and network surveillance programs are widespread today and almost all Internet traffic can be monitored.[1]
Intranet An intranet is a private network accessible only to an organisation's staff.[1][2] Generally a wide range of information and services from the organization's internal IT systems are available that would not be available to the public from the Internet. A company-wide intranet can constitute an important focal point of internal communication and collaboration, and provide a single starting point to access internal and external resources. In its simplest form an intranet is established with the technologies for local area networks (LANs) and wide area networks (WANs).[3][4][5]