Use this hands-on guide to understand the ever growing and complex
world of digital security. Learn how to protect yourself from digital
crime, secure your communications, and become anonymous online using
sophisticated yet practical tools and techniques. This book teaches
you how to secure your online identity and personal devices, encrypt
your digital data and online communications, protect cloud data and
Internet of Things (IoT), mitigate social engineering attacks, keep
your purchases secret, and conceal your digital footprint. You will
understand best practices to harden your operating system and delete
digital traces using the most widely used operating system, Windows.
Digital Privacy and Security Using Windows offers a comprehensive list
of practical digital privacy tutorials in addition to being a complete
repository of free online resources and tools assembled in one place.
The book helps you build a robust defense from electronic crime and
corporate surveillance. It covers general principles of digital
privacy and how to configure and use various security applications to
maintain your privacy, such as TOR, VPN, and BitLocker. You will learn
to encrypt email communications using Gpg4win and Thunderbird. What
You’ll Learn Know the various parties interested in having your
private data Differentiate between government and corporate
surveillance, and the motivations behind each one Understand how
online tracking works technically Protect digital data, secure online
communications, and become anonymous online Cover and destroy your
digital traces using Windows OS Secure your data in transit and at
rest Be aware of cyber security risks and countermeasures Who This
Book Is For End users, information security professionals, management,
infosec students
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781484227992
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Apress
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
Forfatter