Basic IT security measures

Area:

Digital competence Area

Expertise:

Digital awareness

Duration:

1h 4m

Level:

Basic

Notes

Goals:

Have the tools to defend yourself from cyber attacks. Know the characteristics, components and functionality of antiviruses . Know how to correctly share folders on the network and protect data from accidental loss. Know the various types of backup and distinguish it with disaster recovery . Manage passwords , also regarding their length and periodic change.

Plan:

1. ANTIVIRUS , DOMAIN AND SHARED FOLDERS ON THE NETWORK
Defending yourself from cyber attacks: antiviruses
First security measure on endpoints
antiviruses and what are they for?
Impossibility of reducing risks to zero
Features of an antivirus software
False positives and false negatives
Malware not yet known (0- day malware )
Antivirus detection methods
Signatures and heuristic technologies
Telemetry and data mining
Sandboxes
Components of an antivirus
Domain and shared folders on the network
Including workstations in a domain
Domain: roles and differences with work groups
Domain: centralization of operations and authentication services
Three levels of security
Minimum level, standard level and advanced level
Shared folders on the network: how to protect data from accidental loss
2. BACKUP AND PASSWORD
Backups
Disaster recovery
Differences between backup and disaster recovery
Backup plan
Backup types : full, differential, incremental
Password
Correct password
Password cracking
Needs to balance
Brute force attack
Dictionary attack
Other attack techniques
Some rules of thumb for choosing a good password
Length and periodic change
Letters, numbers, special characters
Sequences of identical characters or groups of repeated characters
Password manager software
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