{"id":1501,"date":"2009-07-13T08:50:22","date_gmt":"2009-07-13T07:50:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=1501"},"modified":"2009-07-12T20:42:04","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T19:42:04","slug":"security-reading-windows-7-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/?p=1501","title":{"rendered":"Security – Reading: Windows 7 focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Windows 7<\/a> reaching its RTM build very soon, it’s worth keeping up to speed with the security features that are available to us. Microsoft has been kind enough to provide us with a wealth of documentation, some which I’ve chosen to list here:<\/p>\n

What’s New in Client Security<\/a>
\nGet a quick overview of new security features in Windows 7, and changes to security features and technologies from Windows Vista.<\/p>\n

BitLocker Drive Encryption Deployment Guide for Windows 7<\/a>
\nDelve deep into the various aspects of deploying BitLocker Drive Encryption on computers running Windows 7 Enterprise or Windows 7 Ultimate from using certifications and smart cards to enabling BitLocker by using the command line.<\/p>\n

BitLocker Drive Encryption Step-by-Step Guide for Windows 7<\/a>
\nDesigned to help you become familiar with BitLocker Drive Encryption in a Windows 7 test environment, this guide details basic information and procedures you need to start configuring and deploying BitLocker in your organization.<\/p>\n

Implementing and Administering the ActiveX Installer Service in Windows 7<\/a>
\nLearn how to use the ActiveX Installer Service to manage the deployment of ActiveX controls by using Group Policy on computers in an organization.<\/p>\n

AppLocker Step-by-Step Guide<\/a>
\nThis step-by-step guide is designed to help administrators become familiar with AppLocker by providing the instructions needed to set up AppLocker in a test lab environment. Each scenario provides basic information and procedures that administrators can use to start configuring and deploying AppLocker in their network environments.<\/p>\n

How to Turn Off Security Messages and Other System Notifications in Windows 7<\/a>
\nWindows 7 gives you more control over the Security Messages and other Notifications you may or may not want to receive. Learn how, for starters, you can configure how notifications are handled on the Taskbar\u2014choosing to hide certain types of notifications, such as Action Center messages, Network messages, Windows Update Automatic Updates messages, and so on.<\/p>\n

Internet Explorer 8 Enhanced Security Configuration<\/a>
\nInternet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration places your server and Internet Explorer in a configuration that decreases the exposure of your server to potential attacks that can occur through Web content and application scripts. Learn more about this configuration and browser security best practices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With Windows 7 reaching its RTM build very soon, it’s worth keeping up to speed with the security features that are available to us. Microsoft has been kind enough to provide us with a wealth of documentation, some which I’ve chosen to list here: What’s New in Client Security Get a quick overview of new … Continue reading Security – Reading: Windows 7 focus<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,21,414],"tags":[453,284,454,455,717],"class_list":["post-1501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-community","category-security","category-windows-7","tag-applocker","tag-bitlocker","tag-drive-encryption","tag-ie8","tag-windows-7"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1501"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1515,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501\/revisions\/1515"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craigmurphy.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}