The best way to ensure that your computer is safe is by doing the basics that everyone should learn about/know. Your computer should always have a password in order to open and access it. If there is an option it is always best to set up a double authentication system to ensure that it is really you logging and that you are aware when someone is trying to access your information. Biometrics are starting to become more prominent in certain technological products that are coming out in todays society so it can be a better option to keep information safe that way too. For example, certain MacBooks have fingerprint recognition to ensure that it is really the owner trying to access data within the computer. Most iPhones have Face ID that you can set up at the password in order for someone to get into their phone. Next you should be downloading software or malware to help keep your computer safe of break ins and virus attacks which can be most prominent on laptops and even desktops. These services will help keep your computer clean and wiped of any attack that can release your private data and or destroy any data you have. It prevents outside sources from taking ro altering any personal information of your and keep it confidential.