Keeping Data Safe

Keeping Data Safe

1. Physical Barriers

   • Lock laptops in a secure place.
   • Put systems in place like fire prevention or carbon dioxide fire extinguishers.
   • Make offices secure with security passes.

2. Password Protection

   • Use passwords that contain capital letters, numbers and symbols.

3. Access Levels

   • Users can be given certain access levels to different folders on a computer or server. Only let certain people see important files and folders.

4. Anti-virus Software

   • Softwares like AGV and SOFOS can protect computers from viruses that could damage data.
   • A famous virus that caused lots of problems around the world was the I LOVE YOU virus.

5. Firewall

   • This is a piece of software that monitors all data entering your network and blocks anything that it thinks is harmful.

6. Encryption

   • Encryption uses algorithms to encode data that you send across the internet in to a format that can only be read by someone who has the same key.

7. Back Up and Recovery

   • School backs up all your work. Every night,it copies all your work on to external hard disks. These are held off-site so that if anything happens to school, once the hardware is replaced, your work can be copied back on to the server.