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Security and Protection

Introduction

Security is about making choices. It is important, albeit challenging, to achieve the right balance for managing security settings, given the varying needs of home, professional, and business users. The rich, new set of security features in Windows Vista aim to provide the best balance between ease of use and security. To learn more about the new and redesigned security features in Windows Vista, see the Security Enhancements in Windows Vista article.


Mobile Security

Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs

You've seen the headlines. Mobile PCs are easy targets for theft. And news stories are appearing with increasing regularity about companies whose employees have either misplaced their mobile PCs, or had them stolen – laptops filled with sensitive employee or customer information.  Losing confidential data can cost you hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost business, and a damaged reputation.   

The Data Encryption Toolkit for Mobile PCs is the newest in a suite of Windows Vista Solution Accelerators, and provides tested guidance and powerful tools to help you protect your most vulnerable information – the data residing on your mobile PCs.  The Toolkit’s strategies are easy to understand, and show you how to use two key encryption technologies: BitLocker Drive Encryption, which is included with specific versions of Windows Vista, and the Encrypting File System, which is included with Microsoft Windows XP Professional and Windows Vista. 

Click here to learn more, or to download the Toolkit.   And be sure to check out the other Solution Accelerators in the Windows Vista suite, including the Windows Vista Hardware Assessment tool, Business Desktop Deployment 2007, and the Windows Vista Security Guide.

Learn More About Security

  • Windows Vista security overview (video)
    For an overview of some of the key security features in Windows Vista, view this Windows Vista security demo (28 minutes, WMV).
  • Security risk management guide
    Get detailed guidance for performing risk assessments and implementing controls in your desktop environments.
  • Security in Windows Vista: setting a new standard
    This page provides links to downloadable documents with detailed descriptions of the security enhancements in Windows Vista.
  • Security features and improvements
    Tony Northrup describes the most significant security improvements in Windows Vista, the benefits they provide, and why the new features matter to IT professionals.
  • Windows Vista security guide
    This in-depth guide provides instructions and recommendations to help strengthen the security of desktop and laptop computers running Windows Vista in a domain with the Active Directory directory service.
  • Client security: present and future
    Learn about the new and improved security features in Windows Vista. Then, find webcasts, virtual labs, and other resources to help you enhance your client security.
  • BitLocker drive encryption
    Find out how BitLocker drive encryption provides enterprises powerful data protection; helping to protect against the unwanted disclosure of information from lost, stolen or inappropriately decommissioned PC assets.
  • User Account Control
    Find out how Windows Vista makes it possible for organizations to deploy a more manageable and secure desktop in which administrators can run as standard users and still perform administrative tasks.
  • Windows Defender
    Explore the capabilities of Windows Defender, an application that helps users stay productive by protecting computers against pop-up windows, slow performance, and security threats caused by spyware and other potentially unwanted software.

Community Resources

Windows Vista security blog
Find out what makes Windows Vista more secure and stay updated on the latest security developments.

Security in Windows Vista
In this on-demand webcast, you'll learn how to choose and enable the security configuration of your Windows Vista desktops, manage ongoing security updates, and maintain desktop security.

Technical Library

For more information, see the Security and Protection section of the Windows Vista Technical Library.

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