Editing Internet security (section)

==Protections ==

===Antivirus===
{{Main|Antivirus software}}

[[Antivirus software]] can protect a programmable device by detecting and eliminating [[malware]].<ref name="Build free security suite">{{cite web|url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/150204/build_your_own_free_security_suite.html|title=Build Your Own Free Security Suite|author=Larkin, Eric|work=PCWorld |date=2008-08-26|access-date=2010-11-09|archive-date=2010-11-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101106132932/http://www.pcworld.com/article/150204/build_your_own_free_security_suite.html}}</ref> A variety of techniques are used, such as signature-based, heuristics, [[rootkit]], and real-time.

=== Password managers ===
{{Main|Password manager}}

A [[password manager]] is a software application that creates, stores and provides passwords to applications. Password managers encrypt passwords. The user only needs to remember a single master password to access the store.<ref name="PASSWORD MANAGER">{{cite web|url=http://www.scsccbkk.org/Use%20a%20Password%20Manager%20for%20Security.pdf|publisher=scsccbkk.org|title=USE A FREE PASSWORD MANAGER|access-date=2016-06-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125015536/http://scsccbkk.org/Use%20a%20Password%20Manager%20for%20Security.pdf|archive-date=2016-01-25}}</ref>

===Security suites===
Security suites were first offered for sale in 2003 ([[McAfee]]) and contain [[Firewall (computing)|firewalls]], [[Antivirus software|anti-virus]], [[Anti spyware|anti-spyware]] and other components.<ref name="all-in-one security 2006">{{cite web|url=https://www.pcworld.com/article/125817/article.html |publisher=PC World.com |title=All-in-one Security |author=Rebbapragada, Narasu |access-date=2010-11-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101027173353/http://www.pcworld.com/article/125817/allinone_security.html |archive-date=October 27, 2010 }}</ref> They also offer theft protection, portable storage device safety check, private Internet browsing, cloud [[Anti-spam techniques|anti-spam]], a file shredder or make security-related decisions (answering popup windows) and several were free of charge.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.comodo.com/products/free-products.php|title= Free products for PC security|date= 2015-10-08}}</ref>

=== Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) ===
A promising technology with low production and installation costs, unattended network operation, and autonomous longtime operation. According to research, building a secure Internet of Things (IoT) should start with securing WSNs ahead of other components.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Butun |first=Ismail |date=2020 |title=Security of the Internet of Things: Vulnerabilities, Attacks, and Countermeasures |journal=IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials |volume=22 |issue=1 |pages=616–644 |doi=10.1109/COMST.2019.2953364 |arxiv=1910.13312 |s2cid=204950321 |via=PISCATAWAY: IEEE}}</ref>