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Avoiding the 10 Deadliest (and Most Common) Sins for Securing Windows

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Avoiding the 10 Deadliest (and Most Common) Sins for Securing Windows

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Learn more about how to secure your business from threats in places you didn't even know existed.

Security audits are the best opportunity to become familiar with the common (and uncommon) Windows security mistakes made by sys admins. Unfortunately, too often the common mistakes are actually very serious and can even lead to major security breaches. But where do you start? Reasons for misconfigurations can range from lack of time or knowledge, to the inability to effectively monitor systems. Other cases could show a misuse of privileges or lack of password management. Whatever the scenario might be, as a Windows Sys Admin, you have to be prepared for a plethora of mistakes.

Watch this on-demand webinar with Enterprise Security MVP and Microsoft Security Trusted Advisor, Paula Januszkiewicz, and learn how to identity and handle the deadliest, and most common, security sins to ensure your Windows environments stays secure.

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