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Medical treatment for a child is considerably different than it is for an adult. Similarly, securing a global enterprise network is quite different than computer security for a smaller organization. With that Computer Security for the Home and Small Office provides a good overview to the core areas of information security.

Most small businesses don’t have staff with adequate computer security skills at their disposal, and as a result, their computer systems are most often at risk. Novice hackers will target such networks as a stepping stone, before moving on to larger, more secured corporate systems.

The book is technical in nature, but quite decipherable for the reader without a strong background in computers and security. In plain English, the book details not only potential security threats, but tips on how to avoid them and recover from them.

The seven chapter of the book cover important security topics such as firewalls, Internet browsers, Windows & Linux security, email and spam, viruses and worms, network hardening, and more.

Chapter 3 discusses social engineering, which is of special interest to everyone, especially small businesses. Security technology can only help so much. But all of the hardware and software in the world will never be able to defend against an attack made through an unsuspecting user via social engineering.

The book provides a lot of extra background material on security that elucidates the reader, and let’s them better understand the real threats that are facing their systems. By better understanding the threats, the reader can more effectively secure their systems.

Computer Security for the Home and Small Office demystifies many murky security concepts and shows the reader that they can secure their computer systems without an engineering degree.
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