Friday, June 10, 2011

Computer and Data Security

When we work on the computer, we need protection for our saved work and softwares installed on the computer so that some others can not damage or disturb our saved data or our installed softwares
Now computer itself does not know that who is the actual user or who is the authorized person to use the particular data and software. So, we, users have to do some needful steps to ensure the security of our device called “Computer” first of all you should lock the computer room and control the access of other people to use the computer. After that operating systems offer you to control the security by User Id and Passwords so that the only authorized persons could use the data according to given permissions and rights. Furthermore, additional devices are also being used to increase the security level. These additional devices are biometrics; means that devices recognize your voice, your finger prints and even eye retina. After recognizing your identity, these devices allow you to further processing.
So we summarize our discussion in the following words that, when we use computer, we store our data and need protection or security of that stored data and installed softwares so that some other person could not read, edit or delete that data. Computer itself unable to recognize the authorized person so we have to do some steps to ensure our security.
Like to lock the and protect the computer in computer room, use the “USER ID” and “PASSWORDS” to protect and secure the date, use additional biometric devices to control the security Thanks for spending your time and read the post, in our next posts we will further discuss on security, antivirus and data protection