Since I am not in a position to do software development right now (long story), I thought it would be interesting to write some basic security articles for non-technical people. In the past I have had to teach similar courses for sales, marketing and end-users; sometimes to people that are terrified of their computer.

Initially I was thinking to cover some basic terminology, best practices and then freely available applications like Firefox with security-related plug-ins. A big part of what I want to do is not to only talk about what should be done, but why it should be done.

I plan to start working on the first article tonight, if you have any suggestions on topics, Firefox extensions or other applications to cover please let me know either in the comments or via email. I have already decided that the first extension I cover for Firefox will be No Script and then probably Dr. Web.

-Wayne

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