Objective 20.02 Protecting Local Computers

To create a secure computing environment, you need to establish control over local resources. You need to back up data and make sure that retired hard drives and optical discs do not contain any sensitive data. You should recognize security issues and be able to respond properly. You need to implement good access control policies, such as having all computers in your care locked down with proper passwords or other devices that recognize who should have access. Finally, you need to be able to implement methods for tracking computer usage. If someone is doing something wrong, you and the network or computer administrator should be able to catch him or her.