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The other side to 2FA
Insight Banks should offer the enhanced security as a customer acquisition tool, a Datamonitor study shows.
What's new in Vista Group Policy
Insight A detailed look at some of Vista's more interesting Group Policy additions: access to removable media, power management, and User Account Control policies.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Windows XP
Netgear ReadyNAS NVX
Reviews The ReadyNAS NVX is a highly capable network storage appliance that will work equally well in a small or medium-sized business or at home. It supports a wide range of protocols and is easy to manage.
Tags: Unit, Apple iTunes, Power Supply, Access Control, Apple Macintosh, User Account, NAS, Web interface, Microsoft Windows, Agence France-Presse
Kicking the tires with Perfmon in Server 2008
Techguide Over the years, there have been few changes in how we measure Windows performance. Windows Server 2008 introduces a new key functionality to the Perfmon tool.
Tags: Operating systems, Server platforms, Servers, Report, Tool, Windows administrator, performance monitoring, standard user, standard user access control, Perfmon
What Windows 7 means to security admins
Techguide Windows expert Greg Shultz reviews the most significant differences in Windows 7 that will affect the role of security administrators, including changes to UAC, the new AppLocker, and BitLocker To Go.
Tags: Security, Data security, PC security, Windows 7, AppLocker, NTLM Authentication Protocol, Microsoft Corp., ActiveX Control, Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista
Windows 7 default user account control worries experts
News Microsoft made some changes to a much-maligned User Account Control feature, but experts say the default still puts consumers at risk.
Tags: Windows 7, PC security, Authentication and encryption, Security applications/tools, Kaspersky Lab, Malware, Operating System, Security, Microsoft Corp., Authentication and encryption
Learn about Vista's changes to user security
Techguide Here's a look at some of the changes to user security controls that you can expect in Windows Vista.
Hotmail users get a storage bump
Insight Microsoft on Monday made a series of updates to its Windows Live Hotmail service, chief among those being an increase in the size of its inboxes up to 5GB for standard users.
Tags: Protocols and platforms, Employee communications, Mobile platforms/communications
Windows Vista Beta 1
Product Reviews Windows Vista Beta 1
Microsoft: Vista UAC designed to 'annoy users'
News By designing Vista's User Account Control security feature to 'annoy users', ISVs are being forced to make software more robust, claims a Microsoft product manager.
Tags: Business applications
Tool helps programs befriend Vista
News Microsoft aims to help other software makers make sure their products don't stumble on new security features in Windows Vista.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows, Software engineering/development
Allchin: Buy Vista for the security
News If new features won't get you to upgrade to Vista, security enhancements should, Windows chief Jim Allchin has urged.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Windows, Longhorn
On the hunt for Vista bugs
News With the next Windows version under intense scrutiny, Microsoft is out to make its cleanest sweep ever.
Tags: PC security, Network security, Microsoft Windows
Sun tries again with Jini
News Sun Microsystems says its much-hyped Jini software is finding a new use in nuts-and-bolts business applications, rather than in networks of futuristic consumer gadgets as the company originally intended.
Microsoft may be Firefox's worst vulnerability
Techguide In a surprise move, Microsoft decided to install what could amount to a massive security vulnerability in Firefox without user knowledge. Find out the company's stance, and how you can undo the damage.
Tags: Security Management, Network security, Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, Security, Vulnerability, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, computer, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chad Perrin
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