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How to make an Effective Presentations

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Ø   How can you make a good presentation even more effective? This page draws on published advice from expert presenters around the world, which will help to take your presentations from merely ‘good’ to ‘great’. By bringing together advice from a wide range of people, the aim is to cover a whole range of areas. Whether you are an experienced presenter, or just starting out, there should be ideas here to help you to improve. 1. Show your Passion and Connect with your Audience It’s hard to be relaxed and be yourself when you’re nervous. But time and again, the great presenters say that the most important thing is to connect with your audience, and the best way to do that is to let your passion for the subject shine through. Be honest with the audience about what is important to you and why it matters. Be enthusiastic and honest, and the audience will respond. 2. Focus on your Audience’s Needs Your presentation needs to be built around what your audience is going

Basic Skills Required to Become a Ethical Hacker

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Skills allow you to achieve your desired goals within the available time and resources. As a hacker, you will need to develop skills that will help you get the job done . These skills include learning how to program, use the internet, good at solving problems, and taking advantage of existing security tools. Common programming languages and skills that you must know as a hacker. What is a programming language? A programming language is a language that is used to develop computer programs. The programs developed can range from operating systems; data based applications through to networking solutions.   Why should you learn how to program? Hackers are the problem solver and tool builders, learning how to program will help you implement solutions to problems. It also differentiates you from script kiddies. Writing programs as a hacker will help you to automate many tasks which would usually take lots of time to complete. Writing programs can also help you identify and e

Potential Security Threats To Your Computer Systems

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A computer system threat is anything that leads to loss or corruption of data or physical damage to the hardware and/or infrastructure . Knowing how to identify computer security threats is the first step in protecting computer systems. The threats could be intentional, accidental or caused by natural disasters. In this article, we will introduce you to the common computer system threats and how you can protect systems against them. Topics covered in this tutorial What is a Security Threat? What are Physical Threats? What are Non-physical Threats? What is a Security Threat? Security Threat is defined as a risk that which can potentially harm computer systems and organization. The cause could be physical such as someone stealing a computer that contains vital data. The cause could also be non-physical such as a virus attack. In these tutorial series, we will define a threat as a potential attack from a hacker that can allow them to gain unauthorized access to a compu

What is Hacking?

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Hacking is identifying weakness in computer systems or networks to exploit its weakness to gain access. Example of Hacking: Using password cracking algorithm to gain access to a system. Computers have become mandatory to run a successful businesses. It is not enough to have isolated computers systems; they need to be networked to facilitate communication with external businesses. This exposes them to the outside world and hackin g. Hacking means using computers to commit fraudulent acts such as fraud, privacy invasion, stealing corporate/personal data, etc. Cyber crimes cost many organizations millions of dollars every year. Businesses need to protect themselves against such attacks. Hacking has been a part of computing for almost five decades and it is a very broad discipline, which covers a wide range of topics. The first known event of hacking had taken place in 1960 at MIT and at the same time, the term "Hacker" was originated. Hacking is the act of finding the