Dear Mr Jan,
I would like to explain how to reduce security risks when your company completing
internet research, writing/creating documents, saving / retrieving documents,
communicating information and setting up a computer.
A business with only physical premises to look after still needs to consider security.
A business that presents itself on the Internet immediately has many other forms of
threat. When a business begins the process of transferring much of its operations
online, it trends also to computerise most of its internal functions. This means that
sales figures, staff details, financial performance and much other confidential
information is a risk. In this situation, a fully-fledged e-business must take steps to
protect the business.
Threats. Trojans are malicious programs that perform actions that have not been
authorized by the user. These actions can be deleting data, blocking data, modifying
data etc. Spam is an irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the Internet,
typically to large numbers of users, for the purpose of advertisement. Scam is any
fraudulent business or scheme that takes money or other goods from an
unsuspecting person. There are more than thousand related Internet scams today.
Adware is the name given to programs that are designed to display advertisements
on computers, redirect your research requests to advertising websites and collect
marketing type data about the person without their permission. Spyware is software
that enables a user to obtain covert information about another’s computer activities
by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.
Precautionary methods. Installing Antivirus prevents unsuspecting user computer
by blocking them and also removing the pre-installed viruses. But however some of
the viruses once installed can’t be removed so it’s recommended that the user install
antivirus promptly. Anti-spyware software is a type of program designed to prevent
and detect unwanted spyware program installations and remove them. Firewall is a
network security system that controls incoming and outgoing traffic from a private
network. Setting up passwords is also really important because it will prevent
someone from entering your computer, as it would only give access to those who
have the password. Backing up data is very important as after all those precautions
some viruses might still be able to get hold of your computer and infect your files.
I would like to explain how to reduce security risks when your company completing
internet research, writing/creating documents, saving / retrieving documents,
communicating information and setting up a computer.
A business with only physical premises to look after still needs to consider security.
A business that presents itself on the Internet immediately has many other forms of
threat. When a business begins the process of transferring much of its operations
online, it trends also to computerise most of its internal functions. This means that
sales figures, staff details, financial performance and much other confidential
information is a risk. In this situation, a fully-fledged e-business must take steps to
protect the business.
Threats. Trojans are malicious programs that perform actions that have not been
authorized by the user. These actions can be deleting data, blocking data, modifying
data etc. Spam is an irrelevant or unsolicited messages sent over the Internet,
typically to large numbers of users, for the purpose of advertisement. Scam is any
fraudulent business or scheme that takes money or other goods from an
unsuspecting person. There are more than thousand related Internet scams today.
Adware is the name given to programs that are designed to display advertisements
on computers, redirect your research requests to advertising websites and collect
marketing type data about the person without their permission. Spyware is software
that enables a user to obtain covert information about another’s computer activities
by transmitting data covertly from their hard drive.
Precautionary methods. Installing Antivirus prevents unsuspecting user computer
by blocking them and also removing the pre-installed viruses. But however some of
the viruses once installed can’t be removed so it’s recommended that the user install
antivirus promptly. Anti-spyware software is a type of program designed to prevent
and detect unwanted spyware program installations and remove them. Firewall is a
network security system that controls incoming and outgoing traffic from a private
network. Setting up passwords is also really important because it will prevent
someone from entering your computer, as it would only give access to those who
have the password. Backing up data is very important as after all those precautions
some viruses might still be able to get hold of your computer and infect your files.
