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Overview of digital security

Overview of digital security

From the course: Digital Citizenship

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Overview of digital security

- [Voiceover] In the digital age we continue to rely more and more on technology for creating and storing important information and intellectual property. With this being said, it's important to take the correct steps to protect and secure this information. In this chapter, we'll take a look at how to protect and store these assets. We'll take a look at important concepts such as online privacy, threats such as computer malware and viruses, as well as some tips to help secure your online property by doing things like creating more secure passwords. There are some common sense tips that you can use to keep your information and assets protected, including keeping your hardware and software updated, avoiding spam emails, and never opening attachments which are from someone you don't know or you weren't expecting. And beware of pop-ups that use scare tactics in order to get you to click on them. This are ways that a lot of computer threats and other malware can get onto your computer…

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