Category Archives: Windows 7
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Migrating? Put admin rights in the past!
Do you give local administrative rights to all your users? Or maybe it’s just to the executives or laptop users? As companies now have under a year to move away from Windows XP, this is the perfect, once-in-a-decade opportunity to … Continue reading
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Going to RSA 2013 – Join Us on Stand 1616 with Microsoft
Time seems to fly by here at Avecto and we can’t believe that twelve months have passed since the last RSA Conference in the US. For 2013, we’re partnering with Microsoft during RSA, so if you haven’t had a chance … Continue reading
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How to simplify IT security for universities
Recent data breaches at several U.S. universities this year, such as those at Tampa and Nebraska, have signalled IT security as a rising priority for higher education institutions around the globe. Considering that universities must accommodate networks with thousands of … Continue reading
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Flame is frightening but don’t hide under the bed
Cyber-weapons set the security bar uncomfortably high. But why make it easy for them? Imagine a hacking enterprise free to develop malware on the back of an unlimited budget, a small army of elite coders and mathematicians, barely-documented programming, and … Continue reading
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Ignoring application privileges has proved hugely risky. The tools now exist to put that right.
There can’t be a crazier unplanned wrinkle in the history of desktop computing than the way that the rise of the Windows PCs and client-server applications gradually turned ordinary PC users into reluctant software administrators. PC users were suddenly put … Continue reading
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Who’s in Charge of User Account Control?
Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report (SIR) v10, published in May this year, revealed figures that show Windows 7 is the company’s most secure operating system, reporting that the OS suffered fewer security incidents per 1000 computers than any other supported version … Continue reading
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What’s the incentive to secure your desktop systems?
Desktop security may seem to have little to do with an organization’s profit and loss, share prices and overall bottom line, but going beyond antivirus protection can have a significant impact on productivity, total cost of ownership and IT support … Continue reading
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Do Users Really Know Best?
The consumerisation of IT has become a fashionable catch phrase over the past few years as some companies choose to give employees the option to decide what hardware and software they use at work. Schemes have been set up, such … Continue reading
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Configure Application Whitelisting for Citrix GoToMeeting
One of the comments I receive most frequently from attendees of my Least Privilege webinar is that web conferencing software, such as Citrix’s popular GoToMeeting, prevents IT departments moving forward with least privilege on the desktop. This kind of software … Continue reading
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Windows 7 sees Increase in Malware Infection Rate
Windows XP is deemed ‘good enough’ by many, but the fact is that it’s four to five times more vulnerable to malware infection than Windows 7. While this is mainly due to improved security defences, including least privilege security implemented … Continue reading
