Network Sercurity

Network Sercurity

1. Firewall

   • A piece of software that stops data from coming in and out of your devices.
   • It stops other people from getting your data and info.

2. Encryption

   • Scrambles up codes so that no one can access them.
   • No one who doesn't know how to unscramble the code can get to the data.

3. Passwords

   • A word that is unique to you that keeps your account or data safe.
   • Only you should know your passwords.

4. Physical sercurity

   • An actual lock usually on a door or safe
   • It stops people who don't have the key from getting to what is inside.

5. User access levels

   • Certain people can see everyone's files. For example, at a school the students can access their own files, the teachers can access the student's and their own files and the IT technicians can access everyone's files.
   • The people who can only access their own files are stage one. People who can access stage one's files and their own files are stage two and people who can access everyone's file is stage three.