Security Procedures

Antivirus scans
Antivirus scans should be done to identify malicious software. Antivirus scans scan your computer for these malicious software and will alert you when the malware is found and delete it.

Firewall
A strong firewall will help secure your network from external threats. There are two types of firewall, Hardware or software.

Access Control
Access control is a method of regulating what users can access, modify or delete. As a system manager you will likely be using logical access controls to limit system files and data access. However, there is another access control named Physical access control which limits users physical access to a building or physical IT assets. Physical access control is important as you can have very secure logical access control in the world but that is useless if someone walks into your server room and starts destroying all the equipment.

Fault Finding
In networking, fault finding is essential to ensure the network operates as intended. Verify network connecting with ping or checking the WAN and LAN connections will be essential to make your network robust.