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 Security Issues 


 
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First let me say that I'm not a security expert by any means. Most of what is written within this page set is either common sense or has been learnt the hard way - and presenting it here may stop you making the same mistakes.

Typical first reactions when mentioning computer security often are

  • I have nothing anyone would want on my computer!
  • I have nothing of value!
  • Anyone is wecome to look at what's on my computer!
Whether this is true for you or not - answer these questions:-
  • Do you leave your dial-up modem plugged into the phone line when you are not using it?
  • Do you have an always-on web connection?
  • Have you invested a lot of time putting your genealogy or other data together?
  • Would you be devastated if it were lost all or in part?
  • Does your computer hold information about living people?
  • Does your computer hold any account numbers and/or passwords?
  • Does your computer hold any personal or financial details?
  • Do you use your computer personal/business letters?
  • Have you pre-entered details to save time form filling in the future?

If your answer is yes to any of these questions - then you need to consider security issues!

This page-set attempts to give an overview of security as a whole - and includes both electronic and physical aspects.

Your computer may have total electronic security - but that still leaves; accident - equipment failure - theft - fire - flood etc.

Advance Pages

This new page-set was intended to be published by late April 2004. As I am now unable to meet this target - I am publishing pages individually as soon as they reach Final Draft level.

As these are draft pages I would appreciate you mailing me details of any typo's you may find via the Mail Me links top and bottom of this title page - or indeed any other errors you may find. Thank you.

Please note - links to yet to be published pages are not yet activated!

This page-set will include the following topics as a minimum:-

  • What is security - final draft available now.

  • How does this relate to computers

  • Sources of attack

  • Vunerability

  • Strong Passwords - final draft available now.

  • What can you do to protect yourself

  • Backing Up Your Records

Testers

Remember

The method of attack is constantly evolving and accidents do happen - so keep your protection up-to-date.

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