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In the days when the majority of businesses were beginning to use the internet for their everyday interactions, the security of the company was left up to the IT specialists of the company.

They had a set of hard and fast rules that were applied. User permissions were limited and firewalls put in place, and along with anti-virus software, the systems were able to remain secure.

Massive changes have since occurred in the world of computing, and these mean that companies may suddenly be finding themselves vulnerable.

It was once a relatively simple job. User settings were at a level where the user was unable to install their own software. This prevented them from running executable files that may be infected with viruses, and firewalls were used to prevent them downloading anything that might be a problem.

Rules were issued to all staff that stated that certain links were not to be clicked, and that only permitted sites could be visited. Even USB ports may have been disabled, in order to prevent media being loaded onto a computer in that way. Read the rest of this entry →

The normal situation for a home computer user is to have a physical machine in the home, that has a copy of a software operating system installed on it. The operating system is then loaded in order to allow you to run your computer, and to load any other applications that you wish to run.

Google hopes to change that situation, and in fact hopes that eventually the normal situation will be for a user to run on a cloud computing system.

This is almost a throwback to earlier days of computing, where schools and networks would have terminals rather than actual computers.

These would put a call into a server when they were turned on, and would request a copy of the operating system be distributed to them. It would load into memory, allowing a student or other user to work as normal on the machine.

Any work that they did would not be able to be saved on the local machine as there would be no hard drive. Instead it would be sent back over the network to a central storage machine.

It allowed users to access their work no matter where they were on the network, rather than being restricted to using a single machine. Read the rest of this entry →

There are many dangers to using a shared computer, but unfortunately it is not always possible to avoid them. When you are forced to use a shared computer or else go without, how can you be sure that you are not putting your identity or personal information at risk, and enjoy safe computing?

There are two kinds of shared computer to be considered: the public computer, such as at a library, or the family computer.

The auto-fill and password memorization facilities on modern computers can be wonderful features for people who struggle to remember things, and are great on a personal home computer.

Yet on a shared computer they are a huge threat. If given the option to save or remember the password that you enter you should always say no, because the risk is that the user who follows you onto the computer can access your account by simply allowing the computer to fill in your details. Read the rest of this entry →

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Adobe computer software enables you to upload documents in a PDF format.  Adobe computer software also allows you to password protect your documents.

In other words, documents that you are going to display such as forms, web site information, and other things will be password protected so that no one can change the information.

You will also find the information is secure when you send it to other individuals.  The Adobe Acrobat Reader computer software allows you to read the files and create files.

Industries that the computer software works best with include education, financial services, government, life sciences, manufacturing, and telecommunications. Read the rest of this entry →

There are times when we type things on our computer and save them on our computers yet we don’t wish people to read whatever it is we have written and saved. For those who don’t know how to protect what they have written from people who might have access to their computers other than themselves, using a password protected system to keep your documents from being accessed by other people is one thing that should be learned.

Create a Password For Your PC

One of the easiest ways for you to protect your documents from other people who might use your computer from time to time would be to create a password for your User profile. Your User profile can be locked so that only you can access it and other people can use the PC from another profile that can be for common use. To password protect your User profile: Read the rest of this entry →

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There are times when we type things on our computer and save them on our computers yet we don’t wish people to read whatever it is we have written and saved.

For those who don’t know how to protect what they have written from people who might have access to their computers other than themselves, using a password protected system to keep your documents from being accessed by other people is one thing that should be learned.

Create a Password For Your PC

One of the easiest ways for you to protect your documents from other people who might use your computer from time to time would be to create a password for your User profile.

Your User profile can be locked so that only you can access it and other people can use the PC from another profile that can be for common use. Read the rest of this entry →

Perhaps your family at home like computer and they have their own computer. Have you ever thought about networking your computers at home?

If you have a small collection of computers around the house (and a small collection of computer users), you can connect each one of those computers to one another and share data, software, and hardware including a single Internet connection.

There are many creative uses for home networking, however it’s an ideal situation when upgrading each computer to the same capability is financially out of the question. Read the rest of this entry →

As we are all aware, the internet has really changed the way things are done in today’s world. In particular, most of us make very important and secure transactions using the internet; like paying for purchases, banking and transferring sensitive documents and other files online.

With the increased use of the internet, there has been an increase of cyber thieves who have developed techniques to crack the passwords and hack into people’s personal information. Unfortunately, many times the account owner is to blame because the password isn’t strong enough to ward off the “hackers” trying to break in. Read the rest of this entry →