The Security Of A Home Network - 1352 Words

Technology Report Yu Lun Chou 1730799 MADS 6638 Computer Security Admin. George Thucydides 4/26/2016 Table of content Introduction Inventory Vulnerability Test Protection Support Incident Response Introduction Information play an essential role in everywhere. For a company, in order to run the company well, information management is a necessary skill, and leaking information, odds are , causes significant damage to the company. Even though a private network will not have as great damage as an organization, people like to keep their privacy. Therefore, the security of a home network is as important as the security of a company, and it is more universal. Hence this article will present how to built a†¦show more content†¦It provides for home, business, and school, and it provides free and payable products for different feature. According to the website Avast! Review - Top Antivirus Software, the free download version offers virus and malware detection, integrated password manager, and browser cleanup. In addition, Rubenking, a world-spanning purveyor of free antivirus protection, marks Avst high score in their independent lab tests and antiphishing test (2015). Different options for different feature with different price ↑ The feature list in different versions ↑ From the website About Adblock Plus, â€Å" Adblock Plus is a free extension that allows you to - among other things - block annoying ads, disable tracking and block domains known to spread malware†(2016). There are more illustration about the feature of Adblock Plus from the same website: allow acceptable ads, disable social media buttons, and typo protection (2016). Due to people experience the inconvenience while surfing the internet the ads pops out and the more important point the adware attack, using Adblock Plus is the appropriate choice. The Schematic diagram of Adblock Plus ↑ After installing Avast and Adblock Plus online, it shows in extensions ↑ Moreover, Avast and Adblock Plus are available from the internet and it is free. Therefore, people can reinstall these softwares anytime. Vulnerability Test According to the lecture Network Security Assessment(2007), in order to eliminate the risk of vulnerabilities,