System Hardening (Part 3 of 3)

This video, presented by instructor Tony Hills from the Cybersecurity Education for Advanced Manufacturing Organizations project, is the last part in a series of lectures on system hardening. In this lecture, Hills covers software patches, defining them and explaining their importance in computer system security. Discussed are reasons why patches may not be applied in some organizations, unnecessary services in programs and how they can cause risks in computer systems, and real-life examples of how not applying software patches can lead to security breaches. Also covered are types of local security software and their utilities in computer security.

This video runs 18:58 minutes in length. Additional videos from the series and a related training scenario are available to view separately.