From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 4 Software and Systems Security
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Peripheral security
From the course: CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-002) Cert Prep: 4 Software and Systems Security
Peripheral security
- [Instructor] Peripherals are the supplementary computing devices that help us use our laptops, desktops, smartphones, and tablets more effectively. We use keyboards, mice, memory cards, printers, and other peripherals to help us share information, work efficiently, and produce output. As with most computing devices, peripherals have security issues that we should consider. First, many peripherals use wireless technology for convenience. Whether you're using a wireless keyboard, mouse, trackpad, printer, display, or other technology, you need to know how the wireless signal is being carried between the computer or network and the peripheral. In most cases, that will be either over a short distance Bluetooth connection or a longer distance wifi connection. If you're using any sort of wireless peripheral, you should follow the same wireless security precautions for those devices that you would for a laptop or smartphone…
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