Symantec Internet Security

Though this video that Symantec may be fun to watch with its creative imagery to demonstrate Internet Security and its techno music playing in the background, it truly is a very informative video. They way they set it up also helps the audience see how severe computer attacks are because they have the video set up to automatically pause every time a new bit of information is presented, so the user must either read or ignore the information completely then press play again. Hopefully most viewers actually read the information cause they might actually learn something they haven't already known. Such as here in America we account for 31% of malicious activity. When I read this it make me feel that I should make my computer even more secure from harmful attacks. Within this malicious activity that America accounts for 31% are the 11,254 vulnerabilities that Symantec has identified, and the 499,811 malicious code threats from web pages, or the 1,134 malicious emails sent everyday, this makes up 71% of all email that is spam and phishing emails. These numbers are staggering, sadly though, many people will watch this video and still go on with their computers unprotected until they are attacked by a virus, worm, etc; and then they will regret not listening to what they were told about protecting their computers.

Job Search

After completing my 4 years at Monmouth to get my degree, I want to go back to my previous employer. I used to work for Hollister Co. and after I graduate I want to become a manager there only for a few years because I would like to be placed on the rehab team. The rehab team is a group of people who work for the company in all of Abercrombie's brands and they get to travel around the country and recently to other countrys such as London and Tokyo and they help open new stores. I just want to have the experience of traveling around the globe and still building my resume as a manager. After working for the company for a few years I would like to move on to a more stable job that is more professional.

In my search for job in the business management field I have come across a few positions that require computer literacy. One of these jobs was a general manager position with BP. Under the skills & Experience category they require a "Basic computer/systems literacy (e.g., Back Office System, Word, e-mail)", and all of these topics we will be covering in IT so it looks like I would be prepared. Another job I found was as an assistant branch manager with Regions Financial. Though they do not provide specifics of what kind technology skills are needed, they do require you to have computer literacy. This basically means you should know your way around a word processor, spreadsheet, e-mail etc.