Security

Security

1. Passwords

   • a string of characters that allows access to a computer, interface, or system.
   • a secret word or phrase that must be used to gain admission to a place.
   • All reliable websites NEVER know your password, they use encryption technology so that they can put a string a character into a machine to check it's your password, but they never directly know.

2. Firewall

   • protect (a network or system) from unauthorized access with a firewall.
   • The firewall will scan each packet of information to match the filter content. You may select any word or sentence to be blocked.
   • If a certain IP address, not belonging to the company’s network is accessing too many files from the server, this IP can get blocked by the firewall.
   • There are two types of firewall: Hardware and Software

3. Anti-virus

   • (of software) designed to detect and destroy computer viruses
   • Antivirus software is the "policeman" at the gate of a computer system. It protects the computer from incoming threats and seeks out, destroys and warns of possible threats to the system.
   • New viruses are coming out all the time. It is the job of the antivirus software to keep up with the latest threats.

4. Encryption

   • It protects (a network or system) from unauthorized access with a firewall.
   • Encryption enhances the security of a message or file by scrambling the content
   • If we are ever being watched, inadvertently or not, we can hide our data by using properly implemented crypto systems.
   • encryption is important because it allows you to securely protect data that you don't want anyone else to have access to.