Computer security

Computer security

1. Software is protected by intellectual property law. Copyright is a set of standarts that regulate the legally recognised property rights given to authors for the creation of an original work. Intellectual property covers all forms of copyright.

2. OWNERSHIP AND DISTRIBUTION OF SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION: Everything you do on the Internet leaves a digital footprint that talks about you. This is your digital identity. A digital certificate is a document that contains validated prsonal indentification data.

3. PERSONAL SAFETY: Dangers that can threaten us are: unintended access, identity theft, phishing, loss of intimacy and cyberbullying. Programs are available to facilitate parent control over Internet use

4. SECURITY ON THE COMPUTER. The main threats to our computer, what it needs to be protected from.

   • MALWARE is softawre developed for malicious purposes, such as viruses, Trojens, worms,etc
     • SPYWARE
       • Trojan
         • A type of virus whose purpose is to destroy or gather information saved on disks.
       • Adware
         • Adware is advertising included in programs that appears after installation. These programs act as a spyware.
       • Hijackers
         • These are programs that hijack other programs to use their rights or change their behaviour.
     • KEYLOGGER
       • Obtains passwords
     • VIRUS
       • Infects programs
     • Worm
       • Floods the system memory

5. TYPES

   • ACTIVE. We use the term active security to refer to the set of actions aimed at protecting the computer and its content.
   • PASSIVE. Passive security aims to minimise the impact of possible computer damage