Windows 8 Operating System Review: Description Of Security Features
For many years, Windows has continued to make improvements on its security features in terms of its operating system, which has served as a benefit to security officials worldwide. Windows 8, Microsoft's latest edition, extends on those capabilities and also has new enhancements to confront the largest exposed threat in the enterprise, the browser.
The biggest alteration in Windows 8 security is Microsoft's architecture. Windows 8's newest security features hone in on the apps. Proper control of applications is seemingly the future of Windows security. Some of the newest attributes within the new software are AppContainer, Advanced ASLR and the Windows store.
Microsoft's latest security approach has been crucial to the future of internet security, as they aim to deliver a more budget-friendly product. With their latest software, the company more efficiently centralized the management of application security settings.
Picture Password, one of the other new security features on Windows 8 (similar to the Android Password Lock Pattern screen) lets users connect a set of dots for logging in purposes rather than typing a password.
Due to the previous Windows operating system being a target for online attackers, the latest software is better equipped to combat virus attacks such as drive-by downloads and malicious websites.
Microsoft has also listened to the feedback and improved its Internet Explorer security model. All of the newest features within IE10's newest security model (Enhanced Protection Mode) will only operate on a 64-bit architecture for Windows 8. However, Microsoft hasn't provided any instructions on if they'll back port these features to IE10 on Windows 7 64-bit.
Windows 8 is applicable to not only tablets, but desktops and servers as well. While the steps Microsoft has taken to improve, their product aren't considered by tech experts to be revolutionary.
