Cybersecurity For DummiesProtect your business and family against cyber attacks Cybersecurity is the protection against the unauthorized or criminal use of electronic data and the practice of ensuring the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of information. Being "cyber-secure" means that a person or organization has both protected itself against attacks by cyber criminals and other online scoundrels, and ensured that it has the ability to recover if it is attacked. If keeping your business or your family safe from cybersecurity threats is on your to-do list, Cybersecurity For Dummies will introduce you to the basics of becoming cyber-secure! You’ll learn what threats exist, and how to identify, protect against, detect, and respond to these threats, as well as how to recover if you have been breached!
Now is the time to identify vulnerabilities that may make you a victim of cyber-crime — and to defend yourself before it is too late. |
Contents
Table of Contents | |
Evaluating Your Current Cybersecurity Posture | |
Enhancing Physical Security | |
Securing Your Accounts | |
Passwords | |
Preventing Social Engineering | |
General Cyberhygiene Can Help Prevent Social Engineering | |
Cybersecurity and Big Businesses | |
Resetting Your Device | |
Restoring from Backups | |
Excluding Files and Folders | |
Restoring to NonOriginal Locations | |
Pursuing a Cybersecurity Career | |
Emerging Technologies Bring New Threats | |
Ten Ways You Can Improve Your Cybersecurity | |
Ten Lessons from Major Cybersecurity Breaches | |
Identifying a Security Breach | |
Recovering from a Security Breach | |
Backing | |
Figuring Out How Often You Should Backup | |
Ten Ways to Safely Use Public WiFi | |
Public WiFi Networks | |
Connect with Dummies | |