Securing the Vista Environment
1st Edition
Published on 3. April 2007
78 pages
978-0-596-51430-3 (ISBN)
Description
"e;Securing the Vista Environment"e; takes you on a quick tour of the most significant security features in Vista, Microsoft's first revision of Windows in almost six years. You'll get background on threats and vulnerabilities that will make you think differently about security. Security is more than just the technology and configurations--it's about how we use the system that makes it secure or not. Then we'll cover Vista's security features, from user privileges to Windows Defender, User Account Control, and BitLocker, as well as strategies for protecting your information from unwanted disclosure and accidental damage and loss.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Sebastopol
United States
Product notice
Windows
File size
4,60 MB
ISBN-13
978-0-596-51430-3 (9780596514303)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Content
- Intro
- Why Security Is Needed
- It's Up to You
- Know Your Enemy
- CIA: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
- Threats
- Vulnerabilities
- Epilogue
- New Security Features in Vista
- User Account Control
- Disabling UAC
- Setting Up User and Group Accounts
- Standard Versus Administrative Users
- Setting Up User Accounts
- Setting Up User Groups
- Account Policies
- Event Management
- Manage Auditing
- Viewing Audit Logs and Events
- Protecting Against Malware
- The Windows Security Center
- Anti-Virus and Anti-Spyware
- Windows Defender
- Windows Firewall
- Automatic Updates
- Malicious Software Removal Tool
- Internet Explorer Security
- Filesystem Security
- Filesystem access control
- File Encryption
- Disk Quotas
- Network Security
- Network Access Protection
- Wireless Network Access
- Physical Safeguards
- Lock Your Notebook or Desktop
- Prevent Others from Shoulder Surfing
- Strategies for Protecting Your Information
- Backups
- Defense In Depth
- Password Storage
- Staying Current On Security Issues
- Sources for Patches
- Sources for Security Advisories
- Summary
