Assignment
Instructions
1. You just received a brand new computer for your home environment. It comes with the latest Operating System. You also have an Internet Service Provider where you can easily use the existing network to connect to the Internet and to perform some online banking. Describe the steps you plan to go through to ensure this system remains as secure as possible. Be sure to discuss the details of firewall settings you plan to implement within your operating system, browser privacy settings, and recommended software (e.g., Anti-virus and others) you will install. Also, describe your password strength policy you plan to adopt, and what you envision to do to ensure your online banking site is encrypted and using the proper certificates. Discussion of operating system patches and application updates should also be included. As you discuss these steps, be sure to justify your decisions bringing in possible issues if these steps are not followed. You can discuss this for a specific type of computer (e.g. MAC or PC) to make the scenario more appropriate for your environment.
2. Your son, who just turned 13, wants to join Facebook and post his picture and contact information on the site. Assuming, you are willing to allow him to have a Facebook account, describe what types of guidelines you would discuss with him to ensure his privacy and security are protected. Be sure to justify your decisions by describing possible issues if your guidelines are not followed.
• Prepare a well-written APA style paper, no more than 10 pages in length, addressing each of the above scenarios. Be sure to clearly separate the scenarios into separate sections of the paper. Only one paper is needed to address both scenarios.
Submission requirements:
Your completed assignment should be saved as a Word document and submitted to your LEO assignments area no later than the due date listed in the syllabus. Your document should be neat, well-written with minimal grammatical and spelling errors. Your name should be clearly listed on the first page along with the class/section, professor and due date. Your document should contain page numbers at the bottom of each page. Single or double space line formatting is acceptable.
Simple Guide for the final project.
Introduction
• Introduction
• Threats and Vulnerabilities
• What is threat?, malware are threats to computers.
• What is vulnerability? What makes a system vulnerable?.
• Threats compromise systems that have vulnerabilities
• Malware - define
• Virus - define
• Worms - define
• Trojans
• Phishing
• Spyware
• Web browser security.
• Social media
• Secure browsing
• Cookies
• Browser privacy
• Security Measures (you can list and discuss or define few of them).
• Firewall - helps block threat from outside and protect you from malicious sites
• Anti-virus software - this helps to mitigate malware threats and minimizes malware exploitation of known vulnerabilities
• Spyware protection
• SSL and Certification
• Apply proven patch management system
• Hiding SSID for wireless router so that hackers do not know its existence.
• Other security measures
• Authentication and Authorization
• Username to enter
• Password creation and criteria (strong vs weak password)
• Conclusion
• Facebook
- Background
- Rules to follow
- What is uploaded stays there
- Don't post what will compromise your dignity
- Privacy Security settings
- Who to befriend
- Scamming
- Phishing
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• Conclusion
- In conclusion, make sure you don't introduce any new topic or information not discussed in the paper
• References.