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.

BASIC KNOWLEDGE

A student should have a basic understanding of anti-virus software.

A student should know how to get to the "Settings" area of their computer's "Control Panel" to make changes.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

Through this course, you will learn how to:

• Increase the security of your computer and better protect your data
• Implement strategies to help protect against hackers, viruses, and other external threats
• Know how to increase the privacy of your computer, your data and protect yourself while surfing the Internet