There is a plethora of ways to tell if you or someone else’s computer is safe. One of these ways are Anti-Virus software that are offered by some of the major computer protection companies. For example, there is Norton 360 , Bit defender, Kaspersky, and even McAfee. All of these are examples of the some of the big brands of Anti-virus software and each has its own special perk that makes it excel more than one of the others. Depending on where you work and what is offered at your work and the information you handle these might be options or programs that your company could look into providing for its workers and their computers. These applications usually run daily checks to make sure that the computer has not been exposed to malware or any other type of hack or virus exposure that could cause vulnerabilities to the server itself. Also they do system cleaning of the computer as well to clean out any unneeded cookies or excess trash within the system to help your computer run faster. Another way to tell if your computer is safe is to also invest into a VPN. VPN’s or Virtual private network establishes a protected network connection when using public connections. VPN’s encrypt your internet traffic and also disguises your online identity. This in turn makes it harder to track your activity online and steal data. Overall there are many options to online security of ones computer but also there are physical means as well to. Some physical ways to make sure your computer is safe is to keep it locked in place that you only have access to or assign a code to it that you only know and that only the system administrator should know that way if something does happen to your computer their isn’t a single point of failure on how your information may have been leaked either by your accident or by someone else.