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When least privilege is the most important thing

CIO Business Intelligence

So, in a nutshell, least privilege says that every object in a system – whether a user, a process, or an application – must be able to access only the information and resources that it needs, and no more. Some companies want third-party backup solutions for their cloud services. In truth, we ignore least privilege at our peril.

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Still on Windows 10? ESET warns you’re on borrowed time

Dataconomy

Over 32 million computers in Germany continue to run the outdated Windows 10 operating system, posing significant cybersecurity risks as the end of support approaches on October 14, 2025. Currently, Windows 11 is installed on about 33 percent of German computers, equating to roughly 16.5 million devices. million devices.

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PowerShell Backup Bitlocker Recovery Password One-Liner

Mick's IT Blog

While writing the solution for a secure and safe deployment of BIOS updates, I had to come up with a one-liner to backup the Bitlocker recovery password to a file named.txt in a secured UNC path. The reason the PowerShell Bitlocker CMDLETS were not used is that this is designed to run on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, and 10 operating systems.

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How to make a Windows 10 or 11 image backup

Computerworld Vertical IT

When things go wrong with Windows, as they sometimes will, nothing ensures a faster or easier return to normal than restoring a recent image backup. That means that I’ll never lose more than a day’s work if something should go badly enough wrong to force that day’s image backup to be restored. What is an image backup, anyway?

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How to protect your PC from ransomware using Windows’ built-in protection

The Verge

Starting with Windows 10 , Microsoft has added features to its built-in Windows Security software that can help keep your computer safe from ransomware. As far as ransomware is concerned, there are two levels to Windows Security. The second level is Windows’ ransomware protection, which you have to turn on manually.

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Business lessons from Windows Vista: Insights from a forgotten trove of internal Microsoft emails

GeekWire

Windows Vista launched in late 2006 to computer makers and early 2007 to consumers, one of the toughest chapters in Microsoft’s history, There’s still a lot to learn from Vista. How did I fall into this rabbit hole? Part of the blame goes to the Acquired podcast ‘s epic series on Microsoft’s history.

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Microsoft to fully remove Adobe Flash from Windows 10 in July

The Verge

Microsoft will start fully removing Adobe Flash from Windows 10 this summer. The Windows 10 “Update for Removal of Adobe Flash Player,” which permanently removes Flash as a component of the operating system, will become mandatory starting in July. Windows Server 2012, and Windows Embedded 8 Standard.

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