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The videos I watched today in my ongoing review of the CompTIA Network+ course were all about security. And of course, part of security is talking about that dreaded killer of servers and workstations alike, the computer virus (cue the “duh duh DUH” music).
Our instructor for the Network+ course, Chris Bryant takes a general overview of what computer viruses are, and talks a little bit about how to protect your network from them. The main point to that, is almost too obviously, every machine on the network absolutely needs to have virus-scanning software installed. Not only that though, the IT professional has to make sure that the virus-scanner is kept up to date with automatic updates. Mr. Bryant is absolutely adamant about that rule. He mentions it and mentions it again several times in the course of this video. Even he realizes he sounds like an overprotective mom, (and he mentions as much) but you know, sometimes you just can’t have enough warning on a subject. He also talks about the different ways that are possible to protect your network from the common weak points in a network, including the most common way viruses get in: email attachments.
It all seems so grim, doesn’t it?
Fortunately for us, the second video in the Network+ course that I watched today offered up some hope. The video was about security protocols. These protocols offer up protection for many of the things we do on a network, not only as IT professionals, but as end users as well. There are a number of protocols we probably don’t even realize we are using most of the time. But trust me, even though Mr. Bryant is such a thorough instructor, you’re going to want to watch this video more than once to remember everything. There are a LOT of acronyms in this section. They’re all important to the Network+ cert though, so it’s a good thing that they get covered here, right?
We are nearing the home-stretch on the Network+ course. I can almost feel the certification at my fingertips (um… that came out more nerdy than I meant it. Never mind). I think this course is really preparing me well for taking the certification exam, which is great. I think it would take a lot more work for me if I had to go through all this material with just books, or in a classroom where I couldn’t repeat the information as much as I needed. Just the perks of the business, I guess. I hope you have the same success with this course too.
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Rudy Says:
September 4th, 2007 at 6:17 pm
Looking forward to hearing how the course faired as the only source of preparation for the certification.