Just as you wouldn't drive a car without sufficient instruction in "defensive diving", likewise you shouldn't even turn on your computer and devices without sufficient instruction in defensive computing.
The new command, which does not yet have a name, would also be responsible for developing the military's increasing efforts in information warfare, especially defensive measures to thwart computer hackers, as well as secret offensive operations aimed at crippling an adversary's computers.
"This method is extremely resistant to countermeasures that defensive programs on the original computer might try to take," Halderman said.
This time, though, an influential critic is arguing that Microsoft's new strategy may be a defensive plan that misjudges the computer industry's future direction -- that rather than moving to an increasingly Web-centric model, computing is instead becoming decentralized, with the key information distributed among millions of desktop computers.
If your wife spends more of her evenings on the computer and becomes defensive when you ask about it, she might be sending emails or communicating via social media with someone she hopes you won't find out about.
Thibodeau drew defensive plays in notepads, on computers, even on place mats in Chinese restaurants.
Two main features of Oracle Generation 2 Cloud are a perimeter of computers functioning as defensive shields to invaders in the forefront and an army RoBots that Ellison called as 'Star War Defenses'.
Mitnick now lives in Thousand Oaks, California, and, like many hackers who have gone straight, he has started a computer-security company, called Defensive Thinking.
MINNESOTA VIKINGS--Announced the resignation of Tim Connolly, general manager, effective Feb. 1. Named Emmitt Thomas defensive coordinator, Charlie Baggett receivers coach, and Chuck Knox Jr., computer analyst.
