How to secure your online assets

Nowadays, almost anybody has some online assets, from an email account you used to apply a job to the computer you used to check you online bank account. Hackers are there looking for these assets. If they thought the assets are valuable, they will try to enter your cyber space stealthily or with brutal force.

You guard your real estate with doors, alarm system, home association, police and most importantly common sense. You need to do the same to you online assets. The following posts are a collection of how to make your home network more secure.

Part one -- end nodes security

• 7 good habits for securing your Mac OS X
• 7 good habits for securing your smartphone
• 7 good habits for securing your windows 7
• 7 steps to secure linux

   

   for advanced users:

• Enable firewall logs on MacOs High Sierra
• ifconfig output on MacOs High Sierra
• ports and protocols on Mac OS X
• How to find which apps have listening ports open on Mac OS X

Part two -- know your wireless

• 3 kinds of materials that kill your wireless signal

for network administrators:

* Wireless LAN overview
* Wireless Standards
* Spread Spectrum
* Antena Types
* CA vs. CD
* SSID, MAC Address Authentication, WEP, WPA, and WPA2

Part three -- secure your online account

• 7 good habits for securing your blogspot

Part four -- phishing phone call

• got a phishing phone call from 9492884708

Part five -- Introduction to network security

for network administrators:

You will learn about network attackers and intruders, how they get in, and how to keep your network save by keeping them out.

* The need for network security
* Classes of Hacker Attacks
* Firewalls and Proxy Servers
* The Attacker’s Arsenal
* Intro to PIX, ASA, IDS, and IPS
* Viruses, Worms, and Trojan Horses
* Preventing Virus Attacks