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Implementing Proactive Windows Security

by Sami Laiho

In this course, you will learn how to implement proactive solutions needed to defend against the most-used attack vectors of today and how to prepare your environment for the post-2015 security landscape.

What you'll learn

In the future, the only way to secure Windows environment will be to implement proactive security and to stop relying only on reactive solutions like anti-malware. In this course, Implementing Proactive Windows Security, you will learn how to move from dead, reactive security measures to effective and proactive security measures. First, you'll learn how to implement BitLocker drive encryption in Windows. Next, you'll learn about protecting admin privileges with UAC and how UAC can be your best friend. Finally, you'll get a better understanding of IPsec - and why it's not as bad as people make it out to be. By the end of this course, you'll know how to design and implement proactive security in a Windows network, helping you better secure your environments for 2016 and beyond.

Table of contents

Course Overview
1min
Introduction
4mins
Protecting Admin Privileges with UAC
11mins

About the author

Sami Laiho is one of the world's leading professionals in Windows OS and Security. Sami has been working with and teaching OS troubleshooting, management, and security since 2001. Sami's session was evaluated as the best session in TechEd North America, Europe and Australia in 2014, and Nordic Infrastructure Conference in 2016 and 2017. At Ignite 2017, the world's biggest Microsoft event, Sami was evaluated as the Best External Speaker! At Ignite 2018, the world's biggest Microsoft event, Sami's... more

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