Windows Review pt. 3

When are Window updates released?

2nd Tuesday of each month

What is the Windows update called?

Patch Tuesday

Windows Security

is your home to mange the tools that protect your device and data

What are the tabs for Windows Security?

• Virus & threat protection

• Firewall & network protection

• App & browser control

• Device Security

What does the green status for Windows Security mean?

Green: device is protected an there are no recommended actions

What does the yellow status for Windows Security mean?

safety recommendation for you to review

What does the red status for Windows Security mean?

warning that something needs your immediate attention

What are sections of Virus & Threat Protection?

1. Current threats

2. Virus & threat protection settings

Firewall

is the traffic that flows into and out of devices via ports

What are the three different firewall profiles?

1. Domain

2. Private

3. Public

Domain

networks where the host system can authenticate to domain controller

Private

user-assigned profile and is used to designate private or home networks

Public

is the public profile, used to designate public networks such as wi-fi hotspots at coffee shops, airports and other locations

What is the shortcut to access firewall?

WF.msc

Microsoft Defender Smartscreen

protects against phishing or malware websites and applications and the downloading of potentially malicious files

Exploitation protection

is built into Windows 10 and on Windows server 2019 to help protect your device against attacks

Device Security

is security that comes built into your device

Core isolation

virtualization-bases security is running to protect the core parts of your device

Memory integrity

prevents attacks from inserting malicious code into high-security processes

Security Processors

showcases information about the trusted platform module

TPM

Trusted Platform Module; is designed to provide hardware-bases security related functions

What does a TPM chip do?

is a secure crypto-processor that is designed to carry out cryptographic operations

What does the TPM include?

multiple physical security mechanisms to make it tamper-resistant and malicious malware is unable to tamper with the security functions of the TPM

BitLocker Drive Encryption

is a data protection feature that integrates with the OS and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen or inappropriately decommissioned computers

VSS

Volume Shadow Copy Service; coordinates the requires actions to create a consistent shadow copy of the data that is to backed up

Where is the VSS stored?

on the System Volume Info folder on each drive that has protection enabled

What following tasks can you perform if VSS is enabled within the advanced system settings?

• Create a restore point

• Perform system restore

• Configure restore settings

• Delete restore points