'Guard your front door' & other steps to improve your online security

Mark Ferraretto

'Guard your front door' & other steps to improve your online security

Mark Ferraretto

College of Business, Government and Law

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Abstract

Contrary to popular belief, hacking is not an art, it’s exploitation. We may think of hacking as geeks locked away in dark rooms breaking into your defenceless system. That’s not really the case. It’s not your computers that are the weakest part
of your IT infrastructure – it’s you!

Original language	English
Pages	20-21
Number of pages	2
Volume	41
No.	5
Specialist publication	The Bulletin (Law Society of South Australia)
Publication status	Published - Jun 2019

Keywords

DATA PROTECTION
ELECTRONIC MAIL
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
COMPUTER SECURITY
CYBERSECURITY
Authentication
Electronic mail systems--Security measures
Computers--Access control--Passwords
Hacking
Computers--Access control--Keystroke timing authentication

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'Guard your front door' & other steps to improve your online security

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