Local Security Considerations

When you consider the potential security threats to your device, consider how users will be using the device and what types of information they will have access to. Restricting user's access to sensitive data on your device can improve security. Establishing a security police on the device and setting user authentication and privileges can help protect data on your device.

In This Section

• Autologon Security
  Describes some of the security risks associated with Autologon.
• Clearing the Pagefile at Shutdown
  Describes how to clear the system pagefile when the system shuts down.
• Encryption File System
  Describes EFS, the encryption file system.
• Minlogon Security
  Describes some of the potential security risks associated with Minlogon.
• MMC Administration Support Tools
  Describes the Administration support tools you can use in the MMC console.
• Data Execution Prevention
  Describes the CPU-supported non-execute regions of memory.
• NTFS Security Benefits
  Describes the security benefits of using NTFS.
• Security Policies
  Describes the policies you can create to control security on your run-time image.
• Security Shell Extension
  Describes the Security settings available on NTFS file systems.
• Strong Passwords
  Describes the requirements for strong passwords.
• User Authentication with Winlogon
  Describes how to use Winlogon to authenticate users.
• Write Protect your Run-Time Image with EWF
  Describes how you can write-protect your run-time image by using the Enhanced Write Filter.

Related Sections

• Network Security Considerations
  Describes the considerations to make regarding network security.

Last updated on Wednesday, October 18, 2006

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