- How-To Booklet
- 1. How to protect your computer from malware and hackers
- 2. How to protect your information from physical threats
- 3. How to create and maintain secure passwords
- 4. How to protect the sensitive files on your computer
- 5. How to recover from information loss
- 6. How to destroy sensitive information
- 7. How to keep your Internet communication private
- 8. How to remain anonymous and bypass censorship on the Internet
- Glossary
- Hands-On Guides
- Avast - anti-virus
- Spybot - anti-spyware
- Comodo Firewall
- KeePass - secure password storage
- TrueCrypt - secure file storage
- Cobian Backup
- Undelete Plus - file recovery
- Eraser - secure file removal
- CCleaner - temporary file removal
- Riseup - secure email service
- Pidgin - secure instant messaging
- VaultletSuite - secure email client
- Thunderbird - secure email client
- Firefox - secure Web browser
- Tor - anonymity and circumvention
- Portable Security
Further reading
Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 23:07
- More information on backup and data recovery can be found in the Information Backup, Destruction and Recovery chapter of the Digital Security and Privacy for Human Rights Defenders book.
- There are several free online data storage services that provide a convenient way to back up a small amount of sensitive information, as long as you encrypt it first. Dropbox and ADrive are good examples of such services.
- There is an excellent article on data recovery in Wikipedia.
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