Many years ago I was warned . . .
I spent a large slice of my working life within Australia's nuclear instumentality. I was warned, way back then (over a decade ago now :-) that security of internet sites would be the problem of the future.
And so it came to pass.
A few sites which may be useful . . .
The Honeynet Project www.honeynet.org
A co-operative effort to identify, capture, disassemble and understand the workings of the cracking 'black hats'.
The Open Source Security Testing Methodology Manual (OSSTMM) www.osstmm.org
Firewalls for PC
ZoneAlarm at www.zonelabs.com
I have been running the ZoneAlarm Suite as long as I can remember. The key element which captured my decision is the "Identity Protection" where the "myVault" si set up to intercept actual words or phrases before they get sent to the internet. For example, put part of your credit card number into the vault, if it gets sent then ZoneAlarm throws up a dialog box asking if the transmission of that information is OK. Put passwords into the vault, that way an automated use of the password gets haulted by ZoneAlarm.
Securing your computer
Secure Systems (Australian) - Dep't defence certified secure systems. Desktop & laptop.
Absolute Software - security systems for laptops
Securing your network
Netbox Blue (Australian) - network security appliances
Hard Drive Disinfecting
Spybot's Search and Destroy at spybot.safer-working.de
Email & Anti-Spam
K9 for POP3 Free at keir.net/k9-begin.html
Spam Assassin - Open Source
Clam AntiVirus - Free, open source, for Mac OS X
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