User:Kiranali1

Safety in IT: In order to be safe when using websites your password should not be given to anyone under any circumstances. This ensures that you are protected at all times when on certain websites, it prevents a third party from accessing any personal information. When giving any personal information to a company make sure that they are trustworthy and are reliable with such information. There are numerous risks when giving information out to third parties and/or to complete strangers. Your password should contain letters and numbers to ensure the password is strong so that no one can hack in to anything. Also try to make sure that you use secure websites which don't mislead you on to any other websites. It could be problematic for you to go on to these misleading websites as they cause a lot of pop ups and viruses. Always try to delete any passwords that have been saved, the browser history and cookies in order to be safe when using public computers. It ensures that any saved cachets are deleted before the next person uses the computer/laptop. Make sure that your personal computer/laptop has anti virus installed on to it.This stops any viruses and keeps that computer/laptop protected from any hackers. This all ensures safety within IT.

Security in IT: You should have firewall installed on your computer/laptop and all the protection should be up to date. This ensures that the computer/laptop is safe and secure. It also allows the firewall to search for any viruses on that computer/laptop that can be dangerous. Your password should be secure which means it shouldn’t be your name/address/pets name or anything that would be pretty obvious. This is to ensure that no one can easily hack in to anything and access any of your personal information. The password should be quite long and have letters and numbers in it, this makes the password much more secure.

Copyright issues in IT: If it’s for educational purposes you don’t need the website owner’s permission, if not you need to send them an email asking them for their permission, if you don’t you can be given a fine or a jail sentence. This has to be done properly due to copyright issues and it is illegal to copyright anything. You have to make sure that you seek the owner’s permission before using any images/texts or any other type of information before using it in any other way than the intended purpose.

Reliability of information in IT: The information should be up to date on a regular basis and it should have been created in the last 12 months. It should also be trustworthy and reliable. This is so that when using information the individual can be sure that it’s reliable and trustworthy enough to use as for another purpose.