Discussion Forum 7: Response to classmates discussion post (Kevin B)

First thing to do before going to the clients house is gathering the most information about the job you will be doing at your customer’s household to help prepare yourself for any bumps you might encounter on the way to the goal of securing the customers devices. Securing the customers computer from possible unethical things from his children shouldn’t be the biggest task in this situation. Diagnosing and repairing why the computer is moving slowly after security software has been installed should be the task. The first thing I would do is find out the size of memory of the computers you are dealing with and what type of spyware and edition of spyware is being used on the computer before coming to the site. One of the possible problems I can possibly see before I get to the site is if the customer does not have the updated or newest version of spyware. This could be a reason for the computer to be moving slowly due to new features not being able to work together on the software. Next I would see if the spyware is meant for the computer in use, meaning size downloaded onto hard drive. After this is figured out I can make sure memory is not a factor anymore and make sure software is up to date so spyware can function at its peak. For blocking the customers children from unauthorized access of material of the computer I could make sure all users had their own profiles on Windows and also put passwords and encrypt documents on the computer, which would only make the father knowledgeable of the documents on the computer. A biblical quote we could all use is “Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. ” (1 Corinthians 16:13)