Want to set the scene in terms of your expectations of what good security is.
Let me ask you a question what do you think are the top three things you need to do to stay safe online.
I would think about
well did you answer any of the following antivirus visiting only known Web sites deleting cookies changing
passwords.
Well if you answered any of those then have noosphere you're not doing the best things to secure yourself
online.
Google produced a report called No one can hack my mind.
Comparing expert non-expert security practices this explored the comparison between what security experts
answered to this question of non-experts and this graph here is a summary of some of the results.
Unfortunately there is a huge discrepancy between what non-experts think is the right thing to do to
protect themselves and what really does provide security.
So we're going to cover more effective ways to stay secure online throughout this course instead of
what the average person thinks are the right things to do because you've been potentially misled by
claims from security and antivirus companies.