Operating system security

Does this sound familiar? "Sorry, not on the list." "Oh come on! I was just in there five minutes ago! I just need to go get my coat." "Not on the list."...

In the days of Windows 10, everything is fine and happy and everything works all the time. OK, that may be just a tiny bit exaggerated. Like it or not, issues...

Let's say for a moment that it's been a big family dinner and you've got one massive pie left for dessert. You ask who wants pie, and four people each say...

By design, Windows 10 is more secure than its predecessors Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. That’s what the people from Microsoft say, anyway. One excellent...

AppLocker is an application whitelisting feature which helps an organization to control what apps and files can be run by the user. AppLocker was first introduced...

Does this sound familiar? "Welcome to Monopoly!" "All right, now we're going to go with auctions if you don't buy." "Why? That's so annoying!" "Because if...

A firewall is a device which monitors and filters all the incoming and outgoing network traffic and prevents unauthorized access to/within the network. The...

Alexander Benoit, senior consultant and head of Competence Center Microsoft, said something during a Microsoft event in Orlando in September 2017: "Because...

Microsoft Edge (Edge) is a web browser that was first released with Windows 10 back in 2015. Edge has essentially replaced Internet Explorer, as IE 11 is...

Possibly the most profound security enhancement that has become the norm for organizations in recent years is encryption. Early concepts of encryption were...