Check out my guest appearance on the SecureTalk podcast

Check out my guest appearance on the SecureTalk podcast hosted by Mark Shriner from Adaquest - https://soundcloud.com/user-779694357/andrea-fisher-provides-an-overview-of-windows-10

Mark and I had a great chat about Windows 10 and Win 10 security

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Security is the Baseline

The Windows 10s October 2018 Update (version 1809) also known as Redstone 5 made its debut into the world this week.

There are lots of amazing features that I will highlight over the coming days but one of the first things we should do as responsible IT folk is to secure the OS.

Every organization faces security threats. However, the types of security threats that are the biggest problem for one organization could be completely different from another organization. For example, an e-commerce company may focus on protecting its Internet-facing web apps, while a hospital may focus on protecting confidential patient information. The one thing that all organizations have in common is a need to keep their apps and devices secure. These devices must be compliant with the security standards (or security baselines) defined by the organization. 

Years ago, Microsoft introduced the idea of the security baseline. A security baseline is a group of Microsoft-recommended configuration settings. These settings are based on feedback from Microsoft security engineering teams, product groups, partners, and customers. 

If you haven't tried out the security configuration baseline settings for Windows or Windows Server, please check them out. 

You can download the content here: Windows-10-1809-Security-Baseline-DRAFT.zip