Computer Proficiency License (CS-001) Lecture 09 Security 1.

Objectives
The objective of this lecture is to provide information about: What is meant by security of computer? Risk associate with computer. Methods of protection against these risks

2. Security Risks
There are risks associated with hardware, software, data etc that can cause a big loss to the owner. One should do preventative actions to avoid these security risks. Types of risks 1- Hardware theft Save hardware/computer from stealing by placing it somewhere safe. 2- Virus Computer virus is software that damage computer. For example it may cause your computer to restart when you open MS word. Antivirus software is used to eliminate virus from computer. It scans hard disk to find virus and terminate them. It also stops entering new virus into computer. New versions of antivirus, help to prevent viruses to damage computer or data. 3- Unauthorized access If you dont want someone else to access your data in computer, you can protect your computer/data with password. It will reduce the risk of unauthorized access to your pc. Password is a unique word that identifies the user. 4- Backup Data saved in your computer may lose due to some reason. In case of having its backup (same data at some other place/storage device) you can access and use it. Backup is the process of copying data. For example you have prepared a presentation and due to virus attack it got damaged or deleted. If you have its backup file at some secondary storage media like floppy etc, you can restore the presentation from that device. Backup utilities help to organize backup data (that data being copied). 5- Software piracy If some one copy and sells the software of any developer or company without its permission, than he is doing piracy. It is of the biggest problem, software industry is facing now. Copying and selling software in such manner is against software copyright act. According to the copyright act If someone steals the software Or

Copies or sells it without the permission of the owner/developer Legal action is taken against him.

3. Summary
In this lecture we learnt: What is hardware security? Different types of security risks What is meant by computer virus? What is meant by anti-virus? What does data backup means? What is software piracy?