New edition, completely updated for macOS 10.14 Mojave. The best-selling, easiest, step-by-step, most comprehensive guide to securing your home or business macOS computers. Official workbook for the Practical Paranoia: Security Essentials Workshop, STEM and college cybersecurity courses. Designed for instructor-led and self-study. The entire course is contained within the book. Includes all instructor presentations, hands-on assignments, links to all software, and security checklist.
You don't need to be paranoid to know they are out there to get your computer, data, and identity.
• 2,000,000 laptops were stolen or lost in the US last year.
• Only 3% of stolen computers are ever recovered.
• Malware attacks on macOS have become commonplace.
• Hundreds of eyes may be able to see your name and password, along with the contents of every email you send.
• Once the bad guy has his hands on your Mac, it takes under one minute to bypass your password to gain access to all your data.
• With a slight bit of social engineering, your iCloud, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google, and other social media accounts, along with all your data, is freely accessible.
• Through PRISM and other avenues, our government has access to your online browsing and email history.
You don't need to be an Apple Genius to protect your system!
In this easy, step-by-step guide, CIO, Security Specialist, and Certified Apple Consultant Marc L. Mintz takes any macOS user–from the novice with no technical skills, to experienced IT professional–through the process of fully encrypting and hardening the security of their computer, data, email, documents, network, instant messaging, storage devices, iCloud, browsing, and entire Internet experience.
Guaranteed to be the easiest to follow and most comprehensive macOS cybersecurity book available.
Marc L. Mintz is one of the most sought-after IT consultants and technical trainers in the United States. His technical support services and workshops have served hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals over the past three decades. Marc received his MBA-IT from Western Governors University, BA in Psychology from UC Santa Barbara, and holds Post-Secondary IT teaching credentials. Marc is an Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist, Apple Certified Support Professional, Apple Certified Technical Coordinator, and a Premier Member of the Apple Consultants Network. Marc has been recruited to present software and hardware workshops nationally and internationally for leading seminar providers. He has been recognized by seminar providers, meeting planners, managers, and course participants as The Best Trainer. In addition, Marc is the author of the best-selling, easiest to follow, and most comprehensive IT security book series, Practical Paranoia. Available for Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, in paperback, kindle, and Live! editions. These books take cyber security best practices from Apple, Google, Microsoft, US-CERT, NIST, and the NSA, and presents them in easy, illustrated, step-by-step format so that anyone can protect their device, data, and identity to military-grade standards.
