Protection & Security

protection and security concept.

In computer sciences the separation of protection and security is a design choice. Wulf et al. identified protection as a mechanism and security as a policy, therefore making the protection-security distinction a particular case of the separation of mechanism and policy principle.

Protection

Addition of firewall system is a personal choice. This system will provide another layer of added protection when users on the Internet. Each program must obtain permission from the firewall to the computer to send and receive any information that comes from the Internet. Computer firewall can be modified, allowing users to allow any program that they can trust. For programs that do not know the origin, Firewall will block any action by any of these programs to seek permission from the user.

Protection concepts
The aim of the concept of computer virus protection is to create suitable safeguards with which the occurrence of computer viruses in the IT systems of an organisation can be prevented or detected as early as possible. In this way, countermeasures can be taken and possible damage can be minimised. In the protection against computer viruses it is essential that the safeguards are consistently adhered to and that technical countermeasures are constantly updated. This requirement is due to the continual occurrence of new computer viruses or variants of viruses. The development of operating systems, programming languages and application software may also provide opportunities for computer viruses to attack. This should therefore be taken into account and suitable countermeasures should be taken.

Security 

is the degree of protection against danger, damage, loss, and criminal activity. Security as a form of protection are structures and processes that provide or improve security as a condition. The Institute for Security and Open Methodologies (ISECOM) in the OSSTMM 3 defines security as "a form of protection where a separation is created between the assets and the threat". This includes but is not limited to the elimination of either the asset or the threat. Security as a national condition was defined in a United Nations study (1986), so that countries can develop and progress safely.

Security concepts
Certain concepts recur throughout different fields of security:
Assurance - assurance is the level of guarantee that a security system will behave as expected
Countermeasure - a countermeasure is a way to stop a threat from triggering a risk event
Defense in depth - never rely on one single security measure alone
Exploit - a vulnerability that has been triggered by a threat - a risk of 1.0 (100%)
Risk - a risk is a possible event which could cause a loss
Threat - a threat is a method of triggering a risk event that is dangerous
Vulnerability - a weakness in a target that can potentially be exploited by a threat security