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Newsletter - a monthly newsletter for IT professionals
and developers bringing security news, guidance, updates,
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By Mark Russinovich, Technical
Fellow, Microsoft Platform and Services Division
In this article, Mark discusses Windows Vista kernel
features and enhancements in the areas of reliability,
recovery, and security including the Kernel
Transaction Manager, enhanced crash support, Volume
Shadow Copy, BitLocker, and Code Integrity
verification.
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Top Stories
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Manage the full deployment and
update life cycle with streamlined, policy-based
automation and enhanced insight into -- and control
over -- assets and systems compliance. Microsoft
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 offers
optimization for Windows--particularly Windows Server
2008 and Windows Vista--and extensibility to
customized administration experiences and third-party
applications.
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Take advantage of the scalability,
high performance, reliability, security, flexibility,
and manageability that an ideal virtualization
platform should provide. A key feature of Windows
Server 2008, Hyper-V has a thin, micro-kernelized
hypervisor architecture with minimal attack surface,
and can easily plug into your IT infrastructure so you
can capitalize on your existing tools and processes
for patching, provisioning, management, and support.
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Security Guidance
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Get the guidance and tools you need
to use new and enhanced security technologies in
Windows Vista to better defend the client computers in
your organization against malware and protect
corporate data. Application compatibility testing
recommendations are also included.
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Find out how UAC works, including
deployment scenarios and ensuring that older
applications will be compatible.
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This article is intended to assist
application developers with designing Windows
Vista-capable applications that are compliant with UAC.
Detailed steps about the design process are included,
along with code samples, requirements, and best
practices. This article also details technical updates
and changes to the user experience in Windows Vista.
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Controlling installation and device
usage this way improves your security, and it enhances
the effectiveness of your help desk by limiting the
devices that users can install to those your
organization approves and supports. Learn how to
control the installation and usage of devices on the
computers that you manage with Windows Vista and
Windows Server 2008.
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This guide covers the fundamental
concepts needed to successfully configure Multiple
Local Group Policy objects on stand-alone computers
running Windows Vista and offers several task-based
scenarios that show you how to use each feature.
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The Enterprise Manager tool allows
you to aggregate reporting and management of up to 10
Forefront Client Security down-level deployments. With
this tool, you can manage up to 100,000 client
computers from a single Forefront Client Security
console.
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Together, Forefront Client Security
and NAP can provide an additional defense-in-depth
layer against malicious attacks and give you a
significant degree of control over the security and
health of networked computers. This collection of
software components and guidance will help you
configure a compliance health policy for computers
that run Forefront Client Security and isolate
noncompliant computers to a restricted network until
compliance can be properly addressed.
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Find information about this
industry-leading software security assurance process,
and quickly access process guidance, training and
resources, tools, and blogs.
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Learn how to export and import
certificates with this short, How-Do-I video.
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This Month's Security Bulletins
Important:
Community / MVP Update
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Tony Bradley, CISSP and Director
with Evangelyze, is focused on consulting, research
and development, and training primarily in the areas
of unified communications and voice over IP (VoIP)
products and services. A respected expert and author
in the field of information security, Tony contributes
to variety of Web and print publications, and has
written or cowritten 8 books. He has also consulted
with Fortune 500 companies on information security
architecture, policies, and procedures, and his
knowledge and skills have helped organizations protect
their information and their communications.
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By Tony Bradley, Microsoft
Enterprise Security MVP and CISSP
This article examines how you can use enterprise
firewall, antivirus, antispam, network access,
authentication, and other security controls to help
mobile computers remain secure outside of the
corporate network.
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Microsoft Product Lifecycle Information
Security Events and Training
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Learn more about
Microsoft Forefront Client Security -- including
support for Hyper-V and how it improves overall
performance -- then delve into details about the
next-generation versions of Forefront Client
Security, Forefront Security for Exchange Server,
Forefront Security for SharePoint, and Microsoft
Internet Security and Acceleration Server, which is to
be renamed the Forefront Threat Management Gateway.
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Your network is running smoothly,
your end users are happy with their new PDAs and
laptops, and your boss thinks you’re a security
genius, but how do you know what you’re defending
against? Use these resources to understand the current
threat landscape and identify ways to help protect
your business and customers. You’ll find analysis of
data collected from millions of users -- as well as
respected security experts -- complete with
strategies, mitigations, and countermeasures to help
you take next steps.
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Upcoming Security Webcasts
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Find upcoming security webcasts in
a dynamic, interactive format.
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For IT Professionals
For Developers
Microsoft On-Demand Webcasts
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