Preventing Cybercrime

Overview of Preventing Cybercrime in relation to cyber crime: [1]

Protection at Work or School

Although companies and schools provide some network-based protection for your computers and may require the use of specific security software and practices, they cannot stop you from doing something inadvertently that might expose information. If something goes wrong at work or school, you can call the help desk. Computer support people help keep your systems safe and functional. However, as individual users you are responsible and often held accountable for securing your computers and the data they contain. Users have always been the weakest link in computer security. At work, not only are you at risk from your own mistakes, you are at risk from what other users are doing as well. Many users access company or school networks from home with computer equipment not managed by your employer or school. Improperly managed computers provide an opportunity for cybercriminals to leverage weaknesses in home computers to attack the companies or schools to which you connect.

Resources

Notes and References

1. By Ben Woelk

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Preventing Cybercrime

Preventing Cybercrime