Windows 10 and the security
Security software vendor ESET has published a research report on the security and privacy state of Microsoft's Windows 10 operating system.
The 34-page research report (Download) from ESET examines not only technical adjustments and changes to the software, but also the extent to which Microsoft has lived up to its promises of greater data security over time.
The contents at a glance
The researchers cover a wide range of aspects and topics related to Windows 10 in the white paper, which is intended to help companies evaluate whether it makes sense to switch to the latest Windows generation.
The research report in English deals with the following topics:
- Installations: A look at the numbers
- Windows 8: The security story to date
- What has improved in Windows 10?
- Windows Update
- The specialties of Windows 10
- Windows Defender
- "Defend Windows Defender"
- BitLocker
- SmartScreen Filter
- What's new in Windows 10?
- Conditional access
- Control flow monitor
- Terminal protection
- Virtualization-based security
- Microsoft Edge
- Microsoft Passport
- Windows Hello
- Windows 10 Mobile
- Privacy & Data Protection
- Cortana
- Application in the public sector: reservations
- Microsoft about data protection
The analysis of the individual areas confirms in the final review of the report that Windows 10 is a thoroughly secure Windows version and outshines the predecessor generations. Whether Win10 is also the "better" or even the "best" Windows, however, is something that every user has to decide for themselves, according to the report. ESET. In this regard, the company refers to its Whitepaper.
