Computer security basically refers to the preventive and
resistive measures taken to protect information, ensure integrity
of the system and to prevent unauthorized access to information or
computing resources.
Computer security is required to protect hardware, software,
sensitive information and it is enforced using software solutions
(antivirus, firewall, encryption, digital certificates,
authentication and authorization protocols etc) or hardware
solutions (firewall, antivirus, biometrics etc).
Along with hardware and software security solutions, formulating
and enforcing strict policies and educating about threats are very
important for computer security.