Operating System Security

The eternal debate of which operating system is better is like trying to determine which of the current generation gaming console is the best. What I mean by that is that different things will make people like somethings more than others.

Now when it comes to the operating systems debate the debate usually breaks down to the which OS is more secure. Is it the security through obscurity or is the many eyes approach that make something secure? Now to be honest there really is no completely secure operating system, and the reason is simple. The OS can only be as secure as possible, but the end user is the biggest par of the security problem not necessarily the OS itself. Viruii and other types of malware, spyware, trojans, works, and a majority of the types of security problems and infections usually happen at the end user level.

The end user usually be it from downloading on a p2p network sucj as Limewire or various bittorrent clients, or the kind of end user that click on links ,or attachments from an unknown email address. The real problem is how do you educate these kind of computer users?

That is not a question that can be easily answered nowadays. Most modern computer classes are at least taught basic security of anti-virus and firewall software, but not efficient enough to know to keep it up to date as most end users don’t realize new virus and trojans are created everyday and released into the wild. Keeping your operating system up to date is also a good way to keep it secure. Also always make sure to make backup of your important files. How it is backed up is up to the end user be it external hard drive, CD, DVD, usb storage device.

There are many different ways that simple things end users can do to avoid these malicious software programs. The major question though is are end users really willing to learn and do these simple things? That is a question that I will leave to the community to answer. So lets hear your thoughts.