Week 5-Computer Forensics

Keeping you personal information safe from others is something every single individuals tries to achieve. However, some individuals neglect this fact and do not do much to protect their identity and private information. In order to protect your information from others and to protect your information from disappearing there are methods you can use to prevent this from happening. The use of backups such as Mozy or an external hard drive is necessary. Also individuals can use practical privacy protection which includes passwords and putting valuable information in protected files.

Since my invention may force me to have information of clients and information and product sales and financials, keeping this information is vital. In order to protect my information from disappearing, I can keep financial records on an online service such as Mozy or use an external hard drive. Also to protect my information from theft, I can make sure no personal information is presented online and keep a password so individuals do not have access to my information.

Because computer have been such a huge aspect in businesses, computer forensics has been a new form of occupation that is significant. But if you are not a large corporation that can hire an individual that specializes in this field there are ways you yourself can protect yourself from identity theft. Since my invention requires me to obtain financial records of others it is important I keep this information safe.