The Essentials and Beyond
In this chapter, you learned about some common techniques used to protect both clients and servers. User Account Control separates administrative actions from regular user actions and helps protect against malware. You can configure automatic updates for your systems to ensure that they stay updated; or, if you want more control, you can use WSUS or SCCM to deploy updates. WSUS is free, and SCCM is an add-on server product. Offline folders give users access to shared data even when they aren’t connected to the network. You can encrypt data in offline folders to provide an added layer of protection. You can also use software-restriction policies to restrict what software runs on a client. Some techniques used to protect ...
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