Hi. Welcome to my free ecourse on cybersecurity. Cybersecurity has become essential in today's information technology landscape. After all, if you cannot defend your information or data against cyberhackers and data thieves, what good is your data network or infrastructure? Maybe you are here, because you want to improve your knowledge of cybersecurity. Maybe, you want to learn better techniques of safeguarding your own information on a digital medium.
1. Three easy steps to safeguard your data or information
Firstly, you should delete unnecessary files or folders on your computer. This not only free up disk space but also makes it difficult for a cyberhacker to gain access to your information easily. Secondly, you must install a reliable anti-virus software such as avast, avg or norton to help detect and stop common computer viruses such as Trojan virus. A Trojan virus can disguise itself as an e-mail attachment. Lastly, if you do not recognize the sender's name, do not open it. This is very important, because such a file or web link can become easily a backdoor program and slow down your computer's overall speed and cause loss of important data and information.
Types of common computer viruses.
1. Trojan virus is one of the most common computer viruses. Trojan virus has had many variants such as Flashback Trojan which can affect Mac OS X system users. Another Trojan virus is Trojan Generic which can impact your computer's firewall as well as lead to a blue screen.
2. Computer worm
The computer worm unlike, a virus does not need to attach itself to a program to cause loss of data. It is essentially a standalone malware program. Computer worms can affect your computer's bandwidth and network traffic. An example of a computer worm is the Mydoom worm which affected Windows system users back in 2004.
Important Cybersecurity Software.
Important Encryption Software.
First, what is meant by Encryption? Encryption is a process which involves taking data and information and modifying it to where it cannot be easily read or accessed.
Here a few encryption programs that can help you safeguard your computer and information.
1. LastPass, this is essentially a password manager.
2.BitLocker, this program is present on most Windows computers.
3.7Zip. This program helps compress files. This program is also good for those individuals who just want to encrypt specific files or archives.
Well, you have reached the end of my ecourse. I hope you added to your overall knowledge of cybersecurity.
1. Three easy steps to safeguard your data or information
Firstly, you should delete unnecessary files or folders on your computer. This not only free up disk space but also makes it difficult for a cyberhacker to gain access to your information easily. Secondly, you must install a reliable anti-virus software such as avast, avg or norton to help detect and stop common computer viruses such as Trojan virus. A Trojan virus can disguise itself as an e-mail attachment. Lastly, if you do not recognize the sender's name, do not open it. This is very important, because such a file or web link can become easily a backdoor program and slow down your computer's overall speed and cause loss of important data and information.
Types of common computer viruses.
1. Trojan virus is one of the most common computer viruses. Trojan virus has had many variants such as Flashback Trojan which can affect Mac OS X system users. Another Trojan virus is Trojan Generic which can impact your computer's firewall as well as lead to a blue screen.
2. Computer worm
The computer worm unlike, a virus does not need to attach itself to a program to cause loss of data. It is essentially a standalone malware program. Computer worms can affect your computer's bandwidth and network traffic. An example of a computer worm is the Mydoom worm which affected Windows system users back in 2004.
Important Cybersecurity Software.
Important Encryption Software.
First, what is meant by Encryption? Encryption is a process which involves taking data and information and modifying it to where it cannot be easily read or accessed.
Here a few encryption programs that can help you safeguard your computer and information.
1. LastPass, this is essentially a password manager.
2.BitLocker, this program is present on most Windows computers.
3.7Zip. This program helps compress files. This program is also good for those individuals who just want to encrypt specific files or archives.
Well, you have reached the end of my ecourse. I hope you added to your overall knowledge of cybersecurity.