Computer Support/Security/Windows

This lesson covers Windows operating systems security.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for the operating systems security portion of A+ certification include:

Compare and contrast differences of basic Windows OS security settings.

• User and groups
  • Administrator
  • Power user
  • Guest
  • Standard user
• NTFS vs. Share permissions
  • Allow vs. deny
  • Moving vs. copying folders and files
  • File attributes
• Shared files and folders
  • Administrative shares vs. local shares
  • Permission propagation
  • Inheritance
• System files and folders
• User authentication
  • Single sign-on
• Run as administrator vs. standard user
• Bitlocker
• Bitlocker-To-Go
• EFS

Readings

1. Wikipedia: File server
2. Wikipedia: Security and safety features new to Windows Vista

Multimedia

1. YouTube: Windows Security Settings - CompTIA A+ 220-902 - 3.3