In 100-150 words, explain what are the most important tools and technologies for safeguarding information resources? Solution To safeguard information resources organizations need to set controls, there are different type of controls but the most important are: Companies need to set fire walls, which are a combination of hardware and software that prevents unauthorized users from accessing private networks. Companies also need to secure their wireless networks. Set an encryption and public infrastructure, this transforms text or data into cipher text that cannot be read by unintended recipients. There are 2 methods for encryption: Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and successor transport Layer Security (TLS). And the second method is Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol (S-HTTP).