Windows Vista: Security and Protection

Features and technologies that provide layered defenses against malicious software threats and intrusions through a strategy of prevention, isolation, and recovery.

Threats and Vulnerabilities Mitigation provides in-depth information about the following technologies:

• Controlling Communication with the Internet
  
  
• Internet Explorer Security
  
  
• Microsoft Forefront
  
  
• Network Access Protection
  
  
• User Account Control
  
  
• Windows Defender
  
  
• Windows Firewall with Advanced Security
  
  

Tools to administer security throughout a layered defense and manage ongoing threats.

Secure Configuration Assessment and Management provides in-depth information about the following technologies:

• Authorization Manager
  
  
• Group Policy
  
  
• Security Auditing
  
  
• Security Policies
  
  
• Software Restriction Policies
  
  
• WMI Scripting for Security
  
  

Features and technologies that provide a central way of managing credentials and technologies to allow only legitimate users access to devices, applications, and data.

Identity Management and Access Control provides in-depth information about the following technologies:

• Access Control and Authorization
  
  
• Identity and Authentication
  
  

Features and technologies that provide ways of securing information and technologies to allow only legitimate users access to devices, applications, and data.

Information Protection provides in-depth information about the following technologies:

• Active Directory Rights Management Services
  
  
• Backup and Restore
  
  
• BitLocker Drive Encryption
  
  
• Encrypting File System
  
  
• Public Key Infrastructure
  
  
• Trusted Platform Module
  
  

Security Tools provides information about tools that can be used to administer security throughout a layered defense.

• Windows Vista Security Guide
  
  
• Threats and Countermeasures Guide
  
  
• MSDN Windows Vista Developer Center - Security
  
  

Other Resources