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Technology in Action

Technology in Action. Technology in Action. Technology in Focus: Protecting Your Computer and Backing Up Your Data. Physically Protecting Your Computer. Environmental factors Falls Excessive heat Dust and other particles Power surges Surge protectors Power outages

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Technology in Action

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  1. Technology in Action

  2. Technology in Action Technology in Focus: Protecting Your Computer and Backing Up Your Data

  3. Physically Protecting Your Computer • Environmental factors • Falls • Excessive heat • Dust and other particles • Power surges • Surge protectors • Power outages • Uninterruptible power supply (UPS)

  4. Deterring Theft • Motion alarms • Locks • Surrounds (cages) • “Phone home” computers Surround Lock Motion alarm

  5. Keeping PDAs and Cell Phones Safe • PDA Bomb Software • Thief steals PDA • Thief launches a brute force attack on device to get access • PDA senses attack and erases data • Bluetooth Vulnerability • Bluesnarfing • Exploits an access flaw in Bluetooth software making data vulnerable • Bluebugging • Hacker takes actual control of the Bluetooth device

  6. Protecting Your Computer from Unauthorized Access • Access privileges • Password protection • Passwords should • Contain 5 to 8 alphanumeric characters • Not be a word found in a dictionary • Not be easily associated with you • Include special characters • Never be given to anyone

  7. Good and Bad Passwords

  8. Managing Passwords • Free password management software takes the worry out of forgetting passwords • Remembers passwords for you. • Remember just one password to access the password management program

  9. Protecting Your Computer from Unauthorized Access • Keeping IM sessions safe • Allow connections only from the Buddy List • Disable file sharing, file transfer, and Direct IM

  10. Protecting Your Computer from Unauthorized Access • Biometric authentication devices • Read unique personal characteristics • Fingerprint • Iris patterns • Voice patterns • Face patterns Mouse fingerprint reader • Firewalls • Prevent unauthorized access when connected to the Internet

  11. Windows Updates • Microsoft frequently issues updates to patch security holes • In Windows XP, updates can be automatically loaded

  12. Backing Up Your Data • Backup • A copy of a file that can be used to replace the original • Types of files to backup • Program • Data • Backup routine • Frequency • Changed files

  13. Backup Software • Software programs for easy backup • Schedule automatic backups • Can backup files, folders, or entire drives • Back up to USB device, CD, or DVD • Entire system backup software • Takes an image of the entire system • Stores on a separate hard drive • In case of failure, new drive is inserted

  14. Protection from Phishing • Phishing attacks lure you to Web sites that look legitimate • Free tools identify suspicious sites. • Credit card providers offer services like “Virtual Account Numbers” for their customers

  15. Backing Up Your Data • Backup software • Schedule automatic backups • Online backups • Store backup files on Internet servers • Fees for the service

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