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Safe Computing

What does "safe computing" mean in the wild and crazy world of internet viruses, spyware, vendor lockout and disintigrating CD backups? How can you protect your valuable work from sabotage, destruction, and accidental loss?

This workshop presentts a broad overview of the myriad menaces facing you and your computer work, and gives you a series of specific steps you can take to make yourself safer.

Please note that the following pages are not a complete workshop in and of themselves; they are simply "slides" outlining the topics as discussed in the presentation. The "fleshing out" is done by the speaker.

• What is computer security?
• Types of security issues in computing
  • Infiltration
  • Eavesdropping
  • Social engineering
  • Data loss
• Wrap-up