Video - Protect Your Files with Free SafeHouseExplorer Encryption Application
SafeHouse Explorer is a file encryption application that is simple to use and is light weight so its executable can stored on a USB flash drive along with an encrypted volume, allowing you to access the encrypted files, without administrator privileges, using your password, on any PC. More ...
A Guide to Understanding Security and Safe Windows Vista Computing
If you connect to the Internet, allow other people to use your computer, or share files with others, you should take steps to protect your computer from harm. Why? Because there are computer criminals who attack other people's computers. More ...
Disable Remote Access
Remote access to your computer is a way to get technical assistance, but after your problem is resolved, it allows a huge security risk. More ...
Ransomware and How To Protect Yourself
Ransomware is a term for a group of malicious software (or malware) programs that encrypt your files or lock your computer in some way and demand a ransom to decrypt your files or unlock your computer. More ...
What Are WEP, WPA, TKIP, AES and PSK?
The acronyms WEP, WPA, TKIP, AES and PSK are all related to encryption used in wireless networking. This article explains their meaning in simple terms. More ...
Botnets - What Are They?
A botnet is malicious software that takes over a computer and turns it into a zombie and makes it join a network of other zombie computers under the control of hackers for the purpose of performing a denial of service (DOS) attack on a website. More ...
Encryption, Designed to Protect Data, is Internet Criminal's Best Tool
Encryption was designed to protect the data. Pirates now use this tool to not only encrypt your data and but also charge you to unencrypt it. They don't even have to take possession of anything. More ...
Set Windows 10 Controlled Folder Access to Protect Against Ransomware
The best defense against ransomware is, of course, performing frequent backups. But in Windows 10 Security you can configure Ransomware protection to block unauthorized apps from making changes to files on your computer. More ...
Social Engineering Attack Counter Measures
Kevin Mitnick, upon questioning as to how he was able to successfully break into so many protected networks, he revealed that in many cases he simply called the company and asked for the password. More ...
Computer Architecture, Main Memory, and the CISSP Exam
Main memory is the part of the computer that stores programs, instructions, and data. The two basic types of physical memory are DRAM (Dynamic RAM) and SRAM (Static RAM). More ...
No Software on the Market Removes All Spyware
Spyware is software that, once it's on your system, starts spying on you in various ways. Once installed on your computer spyware will record what you do and send all the information it gathers back to a marketing company. More ...
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
The TPM is an embedded security chip, usually installed on the motherboard, that stores encryption keys in a protected EEPROM. When the TPM stores encryption keys, it encrypts them so that they can be decrypted only by the TPM. More ...
Computer Architecture, Hardware domain of the CISSP Exam
This article provides a review of the Computer Architecture, Hardware domain of the CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional) exam. More ...
