Threats to data security-Protecting yourself

Padlock symbol. This tells you the data will be encrypted during transmission.

Don’t open anonymous/suspicious emails.

Have a Firewall-controls what data can pass through.

Have Anti-Virus software-quarantines a malicious object. New viruses are being made 24/7 so the software must be kept up to date.

Data Encryption software-encrypts data so only the people with the key can read it.

Automatic updates check to update constantly so the user doesn’t have to remember.

Manual updates can be scheduled but the user might forget.