Practicing Safe Computing Brian Cox 92008 1 Practicing

Practicing Safe Computing Brian Cox 9/20/08 1

Practicing Safe Computing Develop a Plan Internet Connection • DSL or Cable Computer Type UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) Data Backup • Local backup • Network backup • Internet backup 9/20/08 2

Practicing Safe Computing Develop a Plan Computers breakdown, hard drives crash, internet connections stop working, do you have a plan on what you will do if something goes wrong? What if you are in then middle of a trade and gotta get out? What are you going to do? Have you even thought of how to recover. 9/20/08 3

Practicing Safe Computing Develop a Plan I know of a couple that have included their data recovery plan in their business plan. Maybe you should too. 9/20/08 4

Practicing Safe Computing DSL or Cable Ken Hodor points out that the DSL connection is part of the telephone system that by regulation is required to be 99. 999% reliability. The performance of then connection is more constant as well. DSL is less likely to be affected at peak times. Security is likely to be greater with DSL since the connections are wired directly to the phone company offices where the traffic on cable are shared with other users in the area. 9/20/08 5

Practicing Safe Computing Hardwired or Wireless Ken Hodor also says “use a hardwire Internet connection to an DSL modem and do not use wireless due to security issues. It would be very troublesome if someone stole your login and password. There have been many security breaches of wireless networks. I will only use a wireless network in extreme cases. There are several neighborhood wireless networks that I can pick up if absolutely necessary. ” 9/20/08 6

Practicing Safe Computing Computer Type Ken knows a lot, he also says “Use 2 -portable computers with large high resolution screens (1600 x 1200 or higher). These already have built in battery back up just in case power goes down and you have double modular redundancy. For a big display buy a large LCD monitor. This way you can get 2 displays on one machine. ” One additional plus is if your connection at home goes down, you can pick up your machine a find the nearest Starbuck or Mac. Donald's. 9/20/08 7

Practicing Safe Computing Power Backup A UPS will provide power to your computer if the home power fails. A UPS (Uninterruptable Power Supply) provides AC power in the event that the AC power in your home fails. The backup power is provided by batteries. The length of the power backup depends on the size of your batteries. The backup time is typically 5 to 30 minutes, but allows you to shut down your computer in an orderly manner. Check out office supply locations such as Staples. 9/20/08 8

Practicing Safe Computing Data Backup Your computer contains critical personal data that in many cases, is irreplaceable. If you hard drive fails and you don’t have a copy of then all your data can be lost. This includes financial records, person records, photos and more. Besides picking the correct connection, the correct computer type, hard drives occur. You must have a method to archive your data regularly. 9/20/08 9

Practicing Safe Computing Data Backup (external hard drive) Marc Covitt (Ken is the only one that knows computers) recommends that you backup your data an external source. He recommends an External USB / Firewire drives. You can get 250 GB often for less than $100. 9/20/08 10

Practicing Safe Computing Data Backup (Network drive A. K. A NAS) Excellent if you more than one computers, or want to store lots of archival data including video and music. For more info: http: //tinyurl. com/network-drive 9/20/08 11

Practicing Safe Computing Data Backup (Internet) There are services on line that allow you to store your data in secure internet data locations. Typical services: Mozy (http: mozy. com) Carbonite (http: //www. carbonite. com) IDrive (http: //www. idrive. com) 9/20/08 12

Practicing Safe Computing Summary Your data is precious and in many case irreplaceable. If your data link is broken or your computer fails to work, losses because of pending trades can cost you a lot of money. Take the necessary steps and prevent this from happening. What is your plan? 9/20/08 13