Your Ultimate Security Guide: Windows 7 Edition - Couverture souple

Carroll, Justin

 
9781508647782: Your Ultimate Security Guide: Windows 7 Edition

Synopsis

Your Ultimate Security Guide: Windows 7 Edition is intended to help the layman move beyond the basic computer security techniques and develop a comprehensive digital security perimeter. Written in plain English, Your Ultimate Security Guide: Windows 7 Edition takes a step-by-step approach to enhancing computer security with the most popular operating system in the world, Windows 7. Your Ultimate Security Guide will also help you reclaim some privacy on the internet.
Though this book is centered around the Windows 7 operating system, most of the techniques provided in the book are applicable to all internet and computer users. Some of these techniques readers of this book will understand how to employ include how to:

  • Harden the Windows 7 operating system and use anti-virus applications to defend against common threats,
  • Use password managers to create and use strong usernames and passwords, and different ones on each account, and employ two-factor authentication.
    Use checksums to verify the integrity of downloaded programs before trusting them.
  • Use a multi-layered approach to encryption to secure your important files and backups.
  • Securely delete files and clean your system to defend it against forensic attacks and keep it running at peak performance.
  • Lock down your Wi-Fi network and secure your internet traffic using best practices, virtual private networks, and Tor.
  • Protect your sensitive online accounts through a comprehensive, systematic approach, and employ best practices to lower online exposure and minimize attack surface.
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    À propos de l?auteur

    Justin Carroll is a veteran of 15 years in the service of the United States Government. He is a plank owner in the elite Marine Special Operations Command (MARSOC), has worked on a contractual basis with another government agency, and has deployed to some of the world’s most dangerous and inhospitable places. After completing his last overseas deployment he spent five years teaching digital security and identity management to hundreds of soldiers, sailors, and Marines of the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) and was instrumental in the development of a highly technical surveillance program currently in use abroad by US Special Operations Forces. Justin can be contacted through https://yourultimatesecurity.guide

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