Network Security - created from Mind Map

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Password

Anti-virus

Encryption

firewall

you should have at least 8 characters.

numbers, letters and symbols should be in your password

there should be no rythem or pattern like 2624

longer the password longer it takes to hack.

it needs to be up to dated often to make sure it can cope with the newest hackers and scripts .

you need to control witch programs can be send and receive data packets because you device might be spammed with any type of virus.

if schools dont have anti virus the computers will be hacked and our personal data will be found

Encryption scrambles information.

You decrypt a message by using a key.

You encrypt using a cipher.

you encrypt something if you don't want anyone to find out the information.

You can tell if a website is using encryption if it has the padlock by the search bar.