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P7- Identify potential security risks

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For P7, learners must identify the potential security risks that can apply to a computer system. The computer system should be the same system that they have been been configuring software on. The evidence could be presented as a recorded discussion, presentation with speaker notes (which could als...

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  • June 20, 2017
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Security Concerns [P7]


Security risks of using a computer

Phishing

 Phishing is a term used to describe a malicious individual or group of individuals
that can scam users. They can also do it by sending e-mails or creating a type of
web pages that is designed to collect an individual's online bank, credit card, or
other login information. Because these e-mails and web pages look like legitimate
companies users trust them and enter their personal information.
 You can also avoid clicking on the links and just delete then when they appear.
 It can also be bad for the person as
when they find out about the personal
information and lives at which they could
be at risk. By avoiding replying to these
emails you can avoid the risk of your
computer getting phished.

To prevent phishing you would need to very
cautious when you are receiving e-mails form
unknown senders. Then never place your information on any popup adds. Also never put
any of your information on any links that may have been sent to you. Then there’s the
main solution where you can protect your computer with spam filters. This is where it
filter the program that is used to detect unsolicited and unwanted email and prevent
those messages from getting to a user's inbox. Like other types of filtering programs, a
spam filter looks for certain criteria on which it
bases on its judgments.

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