08:25:54
We've been working through our operations manual over the last month and refining our processes, it's an ongoing job full of fun and excitement. Actually, the only thing that makes it bearable is the fact that I get to use Freemind to it's real potential. For those of you who don't know freemind but work in organising tasks, jobs and have to get your head around the BIG picture, then go visit http://freemind.sourceforge.net.
In my giant mindmap that wraps around my three screens of visual pleasure I have a section setup to deal to security. We have Essential Software, Essential Hardware, Physical Security (Desktops, Laptops, Portable Media), Personal Wireless Security, Business Computer Security and Home Computer Security. We also have a Best Practices guide. Whilst I'm not going to give you the whole list (as last weeks article was cut down). Oh, that reminds me.. The missing Paragraph from last week.
“With a decent Image of a faulty drive you can also run a program like foremost which will identify file types on blocks by reading the headers and then seperating the files out into subdirs based on type. Foremost is really a last resort application as the data can be a bit tricky to work through.” - There are others out there, but it'll do the job well. It's the sort of thing the Feds use man.
Back to Security. I thought I'd do a run of articles on Secuirty, I wanted to write about VOIP, but I'm still RTFM'n and configuring firewall rules, so that will have to wait. Let's start with Essential Software.
In order for your computer to be secure in this day and age, it really needs some software installed and configured correctly. There are free versions of these applications, there are operating systems which don't need all of them and then their is you. Trying to swim around the ocean of information with your inflatable arm thingies just learning how to kick but drifting out deep enough for the sharks to get a sniff of that scratch on your left ankle, and they are getting closer.
In order to be safe, build yourself a check list and tick it off:-
You NEED!
Antivirus Software, AVG, AVAST, McAfee, Norton, ClamAV. You name it.
Personal Firewall:- Microsoft built in, zonealarm, properly configured router.
Spyware:- Adaware, mbam, Spybot S&D
Anti-Spam:- SPAM Bully, most spam is dealt with at the server....
Anti-Phishing:- Plugins built in to your browser
Backup Software:- Backup Magic, Backup4all.
Don't forget for your hardware:-
UPS / Surge Protector, Sufficient Storage for backups, Secondary drive for offsite backups. Physical, secure notebook (paper, circa 1500) with all your passwords, logins urls and reminders to change them on a regular basis.
 |
|
