How To Keep Your Computer Safe From The Bad Guys
What you'll learn
- Define common terms in the world of computer security.
- Keep your computer safe at home, on the road, in the hotel, library and coffee shop.
- Protect precious data, pictures and memories stored on the computer.
- Protect yourself from malware like viruses, Trojans, worms and spyware.
- Defend yourself from typical social engineering attacks like phishing, spam and shoulder surfing.
Requirements
- The only thing you need to know before taking this course are some computer basics.
- During the course I will show you some powerful and FREE programs that you can download.
- The information you will learn here applies to both Windows and Macs.
Description
Scott Ford, former FBI Cyber and DEA trainer, teaches you the basics of how to keep your computer and personal information secret. We delve into the basics of computer security that every computer user should know.
In this course we examine physical security, network security, Internet security, as well as social engineering. At the completion of this course you will know how to keep your computer safe.
This course is designed around a series of video lectures as well as links and recommendations to resources Scott has used to teach FBI Cyber, FBI CART, DEA, Intelligence Community agents as well as college and high school students.
Who this course is for:
- This computer security class is perfect for the neophyte, the new user or the person who just doesn't want to be a geek,
- If you have formal computer training or have computer certifications this is not a class for you.
Instructor
- 4.0 Instructor Rating
- 12 Reviews
- 110 Students
- 1 Course
Scott began his educational career in the classroom. For over 13 years he had the honor of teaching middle school, high school, and college students. In the classroom, he taught biology, anatomy, computer maintenance, introduction to computers and Microsoft Office.
Once he received his M.Ed. from Texas A&M in educational technology, Scott went into the corporate world of training. He has developed award-winning courses and/or delivered training for the DEA, FBI, CIA, the City of Houston, City of Arlington, and Chevron just to name a few.
In addition to his work in training and instructional design, Scott also has had the honor of speaking for the Association of Talent and Development (ATD) Houston, Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA), MERLOT, Online Learning Consortium (OLC), and Network Texas.
You can find some of his online work on his popular YouTube channel (mrfordsclass), where he has tutorial videos on life sciences and technology.