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Computer Security

Computer security involves protecting computer systems and information from unauthorized access, damage, or modification. There are three types of computer security: hardware security to protect physical devices; software/data security to protect programs and files; and network security to safeguard connected systems. Effective computer security requires identifying threats and implementing appropriate security measures for hardware, software, data, and networks.

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Computer Security

Computer security involves protecting computer systems and information from unauthorized access, damage, or modification. There are three types of computer security: hardware security to protect physical devices; software/data security to protect programs and files; and network security to safeguard connected systems. Effective computer security requires identifying threats and implementing appropriate security measures for hardware, software, data, and networks.

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WHAT IS THIS????

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Computer security means
protecting our computer
system and the information
they contain against
unwanted access, damage,
destruction or modification

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-We need to protect our computer from any
intruders such as hackers, crackers and
script kiddies

- We do not want strangers to read our e-mail,


use our computer to attack other systems,
send forged e-mail from our computer, or
examine personal information stored on our
computer such as financial statements.

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Hardware security

Three types of
software security /
computer data security
security are :

Network security

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Hardware security refers to
security measures used to
protect the hardware
specifically the computer and
its related documents.

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PC-locks Keyboard-locks

The examples of
security measures
used to protect the
hardware includes:

Smart cards
Biometric devices

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Software and data
security refers to the
security measures used
to protect the software
and the loss of data files

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- Examples of security measures used
to protect the software are activation
code and serial number

- An example of security measure


used to protect the loss of data files is
the disaster recovery plan method.

-The idea of this plan is to store data,


program and other important
documents in a safe place that will not
be affected y any major destruction.

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-The transfer of data through network has
become a common practice and the need
to implement network security has
become significant.

- Network security refers to security


measures used to protect the network
system.

-One example of network security


measures is firewall. With firewall, network
resources can be protected from the
outsiders
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In order to make sure our
computer are secured, here
are the computer security
checklist to follow

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-Computer security is a
process of preventing and
detecting unauthorised use
of the computer
-There are three types of
computer security, which are
hardware security,
software/data security and
network security
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