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    Computer Security Risk for Home Users BUIS 260 11/7/2011 BUIS 260 November 6‚ 2012 Computer Security Risk for Home Users This history of computers started long before it emerges in the 20th century. Computer was a man made device that acts as string from mechanical inventions and mathematical theories towards the modern concepts and machines formed a major academic ground and the basis that became a worldwide phenomenon. It is true that any great invention that is created to solve human

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    ADVANCED SECURITY MEASURES IN A WIRELESS LAN [pic] KAKATIYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & SCIENCES WARANGAL. AUTHORS: Rathipally Santosh kumar EMAIL:santhosh_rathi@yahoo.co.in III/IV B.Tech. (cse) M.R.Aditya Pranav kumar EMAIL:mr.adityapranav@yahoo.co.in III/IV B.Tech. (cse) ABSTRACT Wireless local area networks (wireless LANs‚ or WLANs) are metamorphosing the landscape of computer networking. The use of mobile computing devices

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    Computer Security Student Name University Abstract James works for a bank‚ and he spends most of his attending to bank clients and travelling. He always carries with him a laptop that contains confidential bank information. The Operating System of the laptop was last updated in May 2011. Some of the programs James uses are MS word 2007‚ MS Access and MS Excel. James’ computer is‚ however‚ not well secured. It does not have a firewall or an antivirus. In addition‚ the data in the laptop are

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    2012 Classification of Computer Users The sound of the keyboard typing away and the clicking of the mouse throughout the night has become a normal occurrence in every American household. Staying up until two or three in the morning browsing the web has become a characteristic of many computer users today. Since the personal computer has been invented life‚ work‚ and pleasure have changed drastically. With the creation of the internet‚ the possibilities with computers are all but endless. People

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    User interface is one of the most important parts of any electronic device. When the user interact with a computer system the first thing the user notice that how easily the user can interact with computer not how good or quickly the computer system does it. The Human‚ the user‚ is‚ after all‚ the one whom computer system are designed to assist. The requirements of the user should therefore be our first priority (Alan et al‚ 2004 : 12). Wilbert (2007: 4) defines the user interface “ The user

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    Computer technology permeates most aspects of our lives. The ability to use computer technology and to evaluate electronic information has become a basic skill for most of people. In most places of business‚ a computer is standard. In the bank they use computers to look up for account information. They use computers in the auto repair shop to assess the cars. We can’t find books in the library by looking in a card catalog — we must use a computerized database. Doctors’ offices utilize computers

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    Computer Security Many commercial software packages are designed with computer security features that control who can access the computer. These types of access controls use a process called identification and authentication. Identification verifies that the user is a valid user‚ and authentication verifies that the user is who he or she claims to be. Three common methods of authentication are remembered information‚ possessed objects‚ and biometric devices. With remembered information‚ a

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    Different Computer Users The sound of the keyboard typing away and the clicking of the mouse throughout the night has become a normal occurrence in every American household. Staying up until three or four in the morning‚ knowing school starts at nine AM is a characteristic of many computer users today. Since the invention of the computer‚ life has become much easier for humans. With the birth of the Internet communications‚ people now have limitless possibilities around the world

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    that pertains to all people. The law that amended the Computer Fraud Abuse Act of 1986 is the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996‚ it changed several sections of the Computer Fraud Abuse Act and increased the penalties for selected crimes. The law that was specifically created to deal with encryption policy in the US was the Security and Freedom through Encryption Act of 1999. In an information security context‚ privacy is not absolute freedom from observation‚

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