Why IT Security? Why the need to secure a computer?

February 13, 2012 21 Comments

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Why IT Security?

Why the need to secure a computer? Isn’t this a question which you were asking since long? I will try to give you an answer for that with pedagogical background. Don’t fear, it’s not like on school, you will learn on an easy way, on a way as you would ask me a question and I would answer on a way that you will understand it… 

Here we go, I made a new project with cartoons… Follow them and if you have also one more question so leave me a comment please and I will answer wit a cartoon… Enjoy it and learn the easy way with practical examples, examples from life ;)

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What did we learn so far?

We learned already:

  • We need an antivirus and a firewall. This is the absolute minimum for any computer!
  • Internet (the virtual world) is exactly the same as the real world. There are bad and good guys. We need to protect us and the community against the bad guys!
  • Any computer with Windows, Mac and Linux Operating Systems and…, are vulnerable!
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What did we learn so far?

What we learned already:

Why IT-Security?

              • We need an antivirus and a firewall. This is the absolute minimum for any computer!
              • Internet (the virtual world) is exactly the same as the real world. There are bad and good guys. We need to protect us and the community against the bad guys!
              • Any computer with Windows, Mac and Linux Operating Systems and others, are vulnerable!
              • Windows updates and updates for Mac and Linux must be made as soon as they are available! Any other installed program on the computer must also be updates asap!
              • There are FREE antivirus programs and commercial antivirus programs. We learned also the difference between those two variants.
              • We learned that there are better protections, such as “Internet Security Suites”!
              • We learned that ALL “Browsers” need to be secure also!
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What you should know also!

Big Business with Cyber-Crime

Read full story here: http://www.scoop.it/t/securite-pc-et-internet?tag=Business-with-Cybercrime

and also this one…

Antivirus signatures is simply not enough anymore

Read more: http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching?tag=Antivirus-signatures-is-not-enough

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Check Your Browser

Qualys BrowserCheck will perform a security analysis of your browser and its plugins to identify any security issues.

QUALYS BrowserCheck Results

What items are detected by Qualys BrowserCheck?

The Qualys BrowserCheck tool checks your browser as well as browser plugins and add-ons (32-bit) to identify insecure and out-of-date versions that put you at risk. It also checks if your Windows operating system is supported by Microsoft. Microsoft security updates cannot be installed on unsupported operating system versions. These items are detected:

 QUALYS BrowserCheck

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Here is the link to this FREE service: QUALYS BROWSERCHECK

Stay tuned for next cartoons, coming soon ;)

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blueman20401Recommendations from the BIG Players on IT-Security, Cyber-Security, Internet-Safety, privacy, Online-Safety:

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as on Friday May 18, 2012: SaferOnlineTeam@MS ‏@Safer_Online
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Follow Friday – Follow @knolinfos to help stay up to day on Internet security and safety tips. ===> That’s my Twitter account

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PS: SaferOnlineTeam@MS ‏@Safer_Online is Microsoft’s official Twitter account for privacy and online safety guidance and information.

Redmond, WA, USA http://www.microsoft.com/security

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Gust MEESL’auteur Gust MEES est membre du “Comité Conseil” de “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), appelé maintenant BEESECURE, partenaire officiel (consultant) du Ministère de l’éducation au Luxembourg du projet  ”MySecureIT“, partenaire officiel du Ministère du Commerce au Luxembourg du projet ”CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

The author Gust MEES is ”Member of the Advisory Board” from “Luxembourg Safer Internet” (LuSI), BEESECURE, Official Partner (Consultant) from the Ministry of Education in Luxembourg, project “MySecureIT“, Official Partner from the Ministry of Commerce in Luxembourg, project “CASES” (Cyberworld Awareness and Security Enhancement Structure).

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