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What Lies Beneath the Surface: The Dark Web

By Elizabeth Vandesteeg and Jeffrey Goldberg
December 01, 2017

Nearly all of us access the World Wide Web on at least a daily basis. Yet for many of us, there is a fundamental lack of knowledge about the basic structure of the Internet and the way its different levels interact.

It is only when stories or criminal cases regarding hidden online markets for illicit and illegal goods, such as Silk Road, hit mainstream news outlets that the general public starts to gain awareness of the deeper pool of sites and information that exists on the Web. Such stories are, for many, the sole source of information regarding the so-called “Dark Web.”

This article provides a basic outline of the structure of the Web and some insight as to the purpose for and content housed on each level, as well as give some practical tips to avoid your company's data from ending up on the Dark Web.

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