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Is3110 Lab 2.3

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2.3 Security in computing is the act of detecting and preventing unauthorized access to your computer or computer system. This can be done in many ways but is predominately done by security tools, maintaining a computer system is keeping its security definitions up to date and keeping the security update and updates in general up to date, there are more computer viruses then people in the world and there are viruses being developed and distributed on a daily basis, because some of the viruses released that get released can be fatal to computer systems anti-virus companies try to release updates on a daily basis to counteract the effects of these viruses. This is why computer maintenance is essential in a computing network.
2.4 Encryption is the most effective way to achieve data security, …show more content…

Security within keys and certificates depend on possession of at least two of three things, what you own, what you know, and what you are. It is relatively easy to steal anything with only one of these, for example, a vehicle only requires a key to open, which leaves it vulnerable as it is easy to steal a key, or pick the lock. If you combine two elements you drastically increase the difficulty of the problem, so if a car had a key and a hand print scanner this would pose a harder challenge to steal the car. The PKI enables an encrypted message to be sent it to anyone who is a member of their infrastructure. Everyone who is a member is in possession of two keys, a public and a private; the public is made available to all members of the network. And the private is kept private. The two keys are connected to each other, a message encrypted with the public will only decrypt with the private. So, if something/someone needs to send a message to something/someone else it takes the Public

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