Computer System Protection - Advanced Methods

Course details

This course teaches the student advanced methods or steps that can be used to protect one's computer against malicious intrusion, either in the form of a hacking attempt or in the form of attacks by viruses.  The course covers the following topics:

• Terminology and types of hacker attacks taking place today
• Password design and password strategies that can be used to protect you
• Ways to protect your computer and its content through improved "privacy" settings
• How to actually increase the Privacy Settings on your Windows 10 operating system
• The difference between anti-hacking software and anti-virus software
• The importance of anti-virus software
• Best practices for using anti-virus software effectively

Once a student completes this course, he or she will have a much clearer understanding as to how intrusion attack attempts occur and how one can protect oneself against them.