Defensive Computing Techniques to Help You Avoid Malware and Data Loss. This handbook is designed to help you find ways to protect your Windows XP/Vista/7 PC and ensure your data is safe. The author gets countless emails from site visitors who ask about the best anti-virus software, firewall program, backup utilities, etc., and there are often questions like this in the forums. He sets up PCs for companies, friends, and family; the advice he gives in this manual is what he uses when building any PC. His tips are tried and tested and have left hundreds of people satisfied with the way their computers work. He hopes you too can follow these instructions and enjoy an error-free, spyware-free, and speedy PC.

The purpose of this eBook is not to define the ultimate solution; its purpose is to give you simple, unbiased advice on what he's found to be the best options out there. In this handbook, he only gives advice and shares programs that he's used for at least a year. Some programs seem good when you first use them, but quickly annoy you or slow down your PC.

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Learn how one security analyst from a Fortune 500 company, used a GRC tool to automate management of IT controls, verify compliance with policy, and document everything for auditors. This guide covers the steps and procedures to passing an IT GRC audit -- as told by an enterprise end-user who deployed QualysGuard Policy Compliance. The tool allowed the audit team to be more productive by focusing time on analyzing the data and preparing for audits -- instead of administrating the tool.

A guide to understanding SSL certificates, how they operate and their application. By making use of an SSL certificate on your web server, you can securely collect sensitive information online, and increase business by giving your customers confidence that their transactions are safe.