One of Windows Vista's central tenets is to enhance Windows security to such a degree that both power users and novices alike can access networks and information in a secure, protected manner and without worry. Security has been such an obsessive focus and underpins so many parts of the new OS that it's arguably been the key driver behind our desire to release a new version of Windows. It affects us all to some degree and is something about which pretty much everyone has an opinion, yet in Windows Vista, it's a poorly understood subject by and large. My sense is that while features such as User Account Control have gotten their fair share of attention (and possibly more), others such as outbound application filtering by the Windows Vista Firewall are still unfamiliar to many readers.
The Windows Vista Security Blog was launched with that in mind.
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