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Windows Vista Security For Dummies

Windows Vista Security For Dummies


By Brian Koerner, Mike Borkin, Joe Howard

ISBN: 978-0-470-11805-4
Format: Paper
Pages: 364 Pages
Pub. Date: November 2007

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Price: $24.99
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Introduction.

Part I: Vista Security Essentials.

Chapter 1: Getting Up to Speed on Vista Security.

Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Security Plan.

Chapter 3: Dispensing Security from Windows Security Center.

Part II: Controlling Access to Systems and Data.

Chapter 4: Administering User Account Control.

Chapter 5: Protecting Your Data with Rights Management Service.

Chapter 6: Managing Accounts, Groups, and Shares.

Chapter 7: Advanced Techniques for Managing Access.

Part III:Preserving and Protecting Data.

Chapter 8: Backing Up So You Can Always Restore.

Chapter 9: Planning and Implementing Encrypting File System.

Chapter 10: Avoiding Data Theft with BitLocker.

Part IV: Guarding against Threats to Network Security.

Chapter 11: Configuring Your Firewall.

Chapter 12: Locking Down Wireless.

Chapter 13: Implementing IE7 Security Features to Limit Your Exposur.

Chapter 14: Avoiding Invasion (By Malware, Spyware, Viruses, and the Other Usual Suspects).

Part V: Establishing Advanced Security Practices.

Chapter 15: Restricting the Use of Removable Media (And More).

Chapter 16: Working with Vista Security Policies.

Part VI: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 17: Nine Security Risks and How to Thwart Them.

Chapter 18: Ten Additional Security Tools and Resources You Shouldn’t Compute Without.

Appendix A: Glossary of Vista and Security Terms.

Appendix B: Getting to Know Vista Versions (And Related Security Features).

Index.

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