Cyber technology is a remarkable milestone of human progress. A relatively new concept that was unheard of near to half a century ago. However during the course of human events, there has and always will be those who are willing to exploit others for their own personal benefit. Through the use of computers and the cyber realm, the possibilities to exploit others is only limited to the ruthlessness and imagination of criminals with access to the internet.

White-collar crime is an example of criminal activities conducted by the aforementioned cyber criminals. These crimes tend to be conducted by persons with a high social status and with a relatively high occupational specialty. Offenses conducted that can be listed as white-collar crime tend to be those that happen within the place of business that the offender works at. The offender may take advantage of a vulnerability within the business and exploited for intrusion either by the offender themselves or by others (association to the offender is irrelevant because the offender will be liable either way). When the offender commits to white-collar crimes within a legitimate business while employed under that business, they are committing a legitimate white-collar crime. When the crime is conducted by an offender through an illegitimate, or otherwise illegal business venture, they are committing contrepreneurial white-collar crime.

The need to protect sensitive information of a company and its personnel is no new dilemma. However, the introduction and mass-incorporation of computers into the domain of the public also creates its own list of problems. Workers can commit many deviances in the workplace, one common one being the lax writing of passwords on notecards; of which are stored haphazardly in unsecured locations in and out of the general workplace. This occurrence is frequent in the modern world and results in major security lapses when not addressed accordingly.