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Best new Windows 10 security features: Longer support, easier deployment
Here's what you need to know about each security update to Windows 10 as they roll out from Microsoft. Now updated for the 1909 feature release.
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How make a Windows disaster recovery kit
Make your own disaster checklist and recovery toolkit before trouble happens.
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Windows 10: Answers to your most important issues
Computerworld contributor Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis answered viewers' questions about Windows.
How to lock down enterprise web browsers
Your organization's web browser is essentially your operating system for the cloud. Secure it appropriately.
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How to harden web browsers against cyberattacks
Use these techniques to limit attackers’ ability to compromise systems and websites.
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How to and why you should disable LLMNR with Windows Server
Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution could enable a man-in-the-middle attack, so it’s best to disable the protocol when setting up Windows Server 2019.
How to audit permissions after a Windows migration
As companies move off Windows 7 and Server 2008, they run the risk of leaving dangerous access permissions behind. Here's how to find them.
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How to double-check permissions post migration from Windows 7
It pays to make sure all permissions in your Windows environment are correct after migrating from Windows 7 or Server 2008 R2. Here’s how to check.
How to secure Microsoft-based election, campaign systems
Microsoft has issued guidance and provided resources for local election bodies and candidate campaigns to help protect systems and communications.
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Microsoft’s Windows, Office 365 advice for secure elections
Microsoft has issued guidance and offered resources to help election officials and candidate campaigns to better protect their Windows and Office 365 systems.
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Windows 10: Answering your most important questions | TECH(talk)
Computerworld Windows expert Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis are back to answer your questions about Windows 10.
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Top enterprise VPN vulnerabilities
Don’t assume VPNs are always safe. These popular enterprise VPNs all have known remote code execution vulnerabilities.
How to protect and safely erase data on Windows devices
Microsoft's BitLocker now uses AES encryption, but will default to the storage device's hardware encryption unless you make this setting, which will also allow you to easily sanitize drives.
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How to safely erase data under Windows
Bitlocker and self-encrypting hard drives can make it easier to erase data so that it cannot be recovered. This is how the “crypto-erase” method works.
How to migrate smartphone users to the Outlook app with Intune
With the pending retirement of Microsoft Basic Authentication, the best way to protect mobile device users connecting through Exchange is to move them to Outlook.
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How to move users to the Outlook app with Intune
Microsoft is turning off basic authentication, so it’s wise to move mobile users to the Outlook app to better protect them from attackers.
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Windows 10: Answers to your most important issues | TECH(talk)
Computerworld's Preston Gralla and Executive Editor Ken Mingis are back answering questions about Windows 10. If you have questions, post them in the comments to be featured in our next TECH(talk) about Windows 10.
How to detect and halt credential theft via Windows WDigest
Attackers can steal user credentials by enabling credential caching in the Windows authentication protocol WDigest. Here's how to stop them.
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