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Photos: Windows 7 - getting inside security
Photo The Security section of the Action Center provides quick status updates on key security features, including antivirus, anti-spyware, firewall, network protection, and User Access Control (UAC). Windows 7 is to go on... [20 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 Compatibility
White Paper Issues raised by the User Account Control (UAC) are specifically considered, and changes to the UAC since Vista are explained and demonstrated. This webcast provides information on compatibility issues... [01 Aug 2009]
Tackling the Top Five Network Access Control Challenges
White Paper UAC combines user identity, device security state and location information to create dynamic, session-specific network and application access controls. The UAC solution ensures that only authenticated... [31 Jul 2009]
Flash hole fix coming next week, says Adobe
News Windows Vista users can mitigate the impact of the exploit by enabling UAC (User Access Control), according to Adobe. Adobe said Thursday that it will issue fixes next week for a critical hole in Flash that is being... [24 Jul 2009]
Adobe probes Flash zero day bug after exploit found
News The hole is exploitable on Windows XP and Vista users are protected if User Account Control (UAC) is enabled, Symantec said. Researchers on Wednesday said they have uncovered attacks in the wild in which malicious... [23 Jul 2009]
Windows 7: Now with one-third fewer annoying prompts
News Windows 7, which was released in public beta in January, will have 29 per cent fewer user account control (UAC) prompts than Windows Vista has, and fewer prompts in general, according to Paul Cooke, director of Windows... [21 Apr 2009]
Podcast: How to Provide Windows Vista Users with Secure, Temporary Administrator Credentials to Their Local Machines
White Paper Check out this PRWeb/Podcast.com podcast to learn why the User Access Control (UAC) security feature in Windows Vista has enterprise help desks flooded with remote password management requests. You'll learn about Random... [18 Mar 2009]
'Less secure' Windows 7 gets some changes
News Microsoft won't change the default setting - which is to notify users only when a program is making changes to their system - it will add an exception when changes are being made to the UAC itself. Starting with the... [06 Feb 2009]
'Less annoying' Windows 7 security paves way for malware?
News As for the broader issue with regards to the User Account Control (UAC) feature, Microsoft says that the criticisms don't take into account real-world behaviour. Click here to read page two of this article the changes to... [05 Feb 2009]
UAC in Windows 7: Less annoying but less secure?
News Microsoft's efforts to make Windows 7 less annoying than Vista may also be making it less secure than its predecessor. With Windows Vista, the operating system popped up a warning every time a major change was being made to the system,... [02 Feb 2009]
A first look at Windows 7 in action
Comment However, if you feel nostalgic for UAC's old behaviour, you can easily change it back via Windows 7's new Action Center, which now centralises all of the security, update and warning alerts that Windows throws your way. [08 Jan 2009]
Portland Community College Relies on Juniper Networks Unified Access Control for Wireless LAN Access
White Paper PCC deployed a Juniper Networks Infranet Controller 4000 (IC 4000) and UAC Agent, which is the policy manager at the heart of Juniper's UAC. Portland Community College wanted to add network and... [11 Sep 2008]
Juniper Networks Increases Productivity and Protects Enterprise Resources With an Access Control Strategy
White Paper Juniper uses SA 6000 SSL VPN and UAC NAC solutions to allow individuals both inside and outside of Juniper's offices to access the information and applications they need. Juniper's IT organization must provide the... [11 Sep 2008]
Momentum Webcast: Security Features in Windows Vista (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter covers Group Policy Objects, Windows BitLocker Drive Encryption, Windows Firewall, and Windows User Account Control (UAC), and shows how changes in these items affect overall security. In most companies,... [26 Jun 2008]
Developers snub Vista for XP
News IBRS' Sweeney claimed that one of the major problems developers have had to overcome when working to build applications for Vista is its new security model - otherwise known as user account control (UAC). [19 May 2008]
