Information Protection and Security

Your desktop workstation stores important information...class papers, research, finances, etc. Initial set-up and maintenance may keep you from being compromised and losing your important data. 

Biometric technologies are becoming necessary for highly secure identification and personal verification solutions. As the level of security breaches and transaction fraud increases, the need for highly secure identification and personal verification technologies is becoming apparent.

As cell providers offer more services (email, web surfing, text messaging, etc.) the phones become vulnerable to the same attacks as computers, and other exploiting specific vulnerabilities.

A large variety of computer viruses/virii roam the Internet to infect computers with an array of maladies from annoying to devastating.  Most of these can be prevented.

 Cyberbullying involves the use of information technology (email, websites, social networking, Internet messaging or other technology) for hostile behavior to harm or upset others.You can't easily get away from cyberbullying as using email and the Internet are everyday practices.  There are, however, ways you can defend yourself against cyberbullying.

Email is insecure.  Sensitive information should not be send via email.  Any email (including those claiming to be private) is often compared to a postcard in that anyone who comes in contact with it can read it.  Email may also be read when it is stored on servers.

Identity theft is a federal crime in which an imposter obtains information by false pretenses for personal gain.

You just never know who's listening...