You recently purchased a new laptop for home. You want to ensure that you are safe from malware. You should install a personal ______, a program that protects your computer from unauthorized access by blocking certain types of communications.
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that in this scenario you should install a personal firewall. Like mentioned in the question this is a network security system that keeps track of all incoming and outgoing network traffic and scans all the data to compare to a set of security rules. If any information does not meet those security rules they are flagged and prevented access to the system/network.
