Securing Wireless Network

Wireless networks are very popular for their ease of use and portability. The Internet can be reached via radio waves without having to plug your machine into a network. This brochure is designed to increase public awareness about the need for network security. The information here will help you understand the risks of using a wireless network and learn what you can do to protect your Wi-Fi connection.

Avoiding Viruses

Computer viruses are small software programs that are designed to spread from one computer to another and to interfere with computer operation. A virus might corrupt or delete data on your computer, use your e-mail program to spread itself to other computers, or even erase everything on your hard disk.

Securing your Home Office

Use an Internet firewall. An Internet firewall helps screen out hackers, viruses, and worms before they reach your home office computer or network from the Internet.

Securing your Email

Unfortunately, e-mail system has become the primary way for intruders to enter your computers. It has also become the fastest vehicle of disseminating viruses, worms and spyware. This is mainly due to the fact that e-mailing system is widely used as well as the simplicity of attaching any type of files to the message.

Treating Computer and Video Game Addiction

Computers, video games, and the Internet have become entrenched features of our daily lives. Computer use has reached beyond work and is now a major source of fun and entertainment for many people. For most people, computer use and video game play is integrated into their lives in a balanced healthy manner. For others, time spent on the computer or video game is out of balance, and has displaced work, school, friends, and even family.

Choosing and Protecting Passwords

In this digital information age where private and confidential information are stored online to facilitate convenient delivery of various services from government and private enterprises to the public, passwords are a common form of authentication and are often the only barrier between any user and your personal information. There are several programs attackers can use to help guess or "crack" passwords, but by choosing good passwords and keeping them confidential, you can make it more difficult for an unauthorized person to access your information.  In this article, we will give suggestions for choosing good passwords and making them secure and hard to guess.

Securing your Information

Information can exist in many forms such as electronic files, paper documents, recordings, communications and messages. Information is considered as asset, therefore, information and its infrastructure should be protected, and simply, this is the objective of information security.