This document discusses the insecurity of computers and why one should not assume their device is safe. It notes that computers at home are vulnerable to outside attacks, while work computers are vulnerable from inside threats, despite firewalls and network segmentation. Unless an expert is monitoring the system at all times, a computer is as vulnerable as those at major companies that have suffered data breaches.

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Is Your Computer Really Safe?

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If you do, rest assured ,unless you have a cyber-
security expert living at your house, your computer is
as safe as TARGET’S or YAHOO or the NSA computers

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were before and AFTER they were breached…
First, let’s examine why you think your computer is
safe:

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• If you are at home, your computer is more
vulnerable from attack from the outside
• If your computer is at your place of employment,
the vulnerability is from inside

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WHY!
• On the job, users think they are “protected” by
expensive hardware and software based “firewalls”
and network software that creates an “invisible”
network called a subnet
MBOOKBINDER@pccc.edu

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• If you are at home, your computer is more
vulnerable from attack from the outside
• If your computer is at your place of employment,
the vulnerability is from inside