Building a Secure Home Network

Maintaining confidentiality and integrity of your data should always be of critical importance. Anytime your computer is connected to any other computer, or opens software provided on media (CD, disk, etc..), you are exposing yourself to possible viruses, malicious code, or hackers looking for information. An unsecured computer connected to the Internet is much like leaving your front door wide open when you go on vacation. This paper discusses the implementation of a multi-layered secure home network including, virus protection, firewalls, sensitive data, backups, encryption, safe-surfing on the Internet.