Internet Securities

For my post this week, I have read over the article Information systems security and safety measures: the dichotomy between students' familiarity and practice  from Academy of Information and Management Sciences Journal  by Ewuuk Lomo-David and Li-Jen Shannon at and the blog of www.safetyweb.com and have noticed several similarities in the blogs. They both go over simple security for computer users (to try to avoid viruses, malware, etc.) and also how to make your documents more secure.

The article goes over many questionnaires and research done over the years on the subject of computer safety. It goes into farther detail on passwords and security problems. I know many things on these two subjects and am extremely glad that I do know what I do, or else I would probably have encountered over 500 viruses and hackers by now. It shows what the studies have shown and what the researchers expected to find while researching. I believe that this article is for the more advanced computer user, but many of the statistics shocked me, so maybe some of you may want to go and read it.

The blog is targeted for the common computer users. It is actually oriented towards parents and teachers and ways to ensure that their child or student is using a computer securely and not letting out information that may haunt them. They have posted many different articles on the subject, but this allows for the blog to appeal to a more diverse amount of people.

Both of these articles are not intended for business purposes, but I think basic computer security is essential for most people to know (regardless of job occupation). Most workplaces will hire a tech person (so someone like me) to make sure that all of the computers have a firewall, antivirus, etc to make sure that the computer is safe, but if the user is not aware of how to avoid viruses, malware, etc then it would make my job  SO MUCH EASIER. I am not kidding, the most common problem and reason for viruses is the user giving a program or download permission to change firewall (or privacy) changes on a computer. If a company allowed for a seminar on computer safety, it would honestly make a computer technician’s job much easier. I do not think I can emphasize this enough.

I believe that the blog is more effective because it uses much less science and common words within the articles. This article goes over how a parent or teacher can learn to practice computer safety and how you can show other people about it.