Course Information
Course Overview
Learn why you're at risk and what you can do to protect your precious personal and business data from the outside world. In this course, a security expert will teach you the fundamentals of PC and network security as you learn to install and configure a firewall to build an impenetrable moat around your computer or network.
Learn why you're at risk and what you can do to protect your precious personal and business data from the outside world. This course will quickly bring you up to speed on the fundamentals of PC and network security.
You will understand and explore the vulnerability of operating systems, software, and networks. Then, you will get into the minds of hackers and crackers, developing an understanding of the exploits they use to access your computer without your knowledge. You will find out why, where and how viruses, worms, and blended threats are created. You will learn a safe way to handle files and data across the Internet through a virtual private network. By the end of this course you will be able to install and configure a firewall to build an impenetrable moat around your computer or network.
What You’ll Learn
Syllabus :
• Introduction to PC Security
• Your PC and Network
• PCs, Networks, and Software Demystified
• Viruses, Worms, Blended Threats, and More
• The Family of Malware
• Exploits and Vulnerabilities
• Network Attacks
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Firewalls (Part One)
• Everything You Wanted to Know About Firewalls (Part Two)
• Laptops, Notebooks, Netbooks, and Wireless Networking
• Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
• Changing Face of Security