Everything you wanted to know about computers but were afraid to ask
Or
Your average Computer Science Masters Degree - somewhat condensed.
Security
What are you securing?
From whom?
It’s value?
Resources “they” have?, resources you have?
Given above what is appropriate effort
to secure your system?
Viruses, mal ware
and the like
Malware now generally considered worse than viruses, often harder to
prevent and remove
I like Malwarebytes,
Sophos, F-secure, & CCleaner
for prevention and cleanup
Mac
vs Windows
Windows – cheaper, more versatile, less secure, shorter life, more
viruses, more maintenance.
Mac – More $, not all programs will run, hardware more elegant – generally better
built
BTW You can have run both Windows and Apple’s OSX on a Mac side by side – best
of both worlds
The Cloud
Think Google and Google Apps, backups and storage “up there”
Slowly coming into its own. Storage->cheaper and cheaper, Bandwidth faster
and faster.
Content Filtering Protecting children, your company, (and your elf)
At the pc or at the company firewall?
Tracks who went where when, or who tried to go where & when
How are your companies computer resources and your employees time being used?
Requires maintenance
IPCOP, F-secure,
Dansguardian, opendns, Barracuda
Backup, Backup,
backup
Cloud coming into its own
Buy several USB drives
Give the responsibility to someone who cares
Free (as
in Beer) Open Source Software
Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, PDF creator, Libre Office, VLC media player, GIMP, LINUX, FreeNAS
Why it exists? - Economics, versatility,
pride, needed tool