One of the Design Goals of Windows 7 is to Enhance Security and Control.

Now CONTROL is something as super important in an Enterprise world as Security… imagine how difficult the management of 100s of Computers in an enterprise or School when you don’t have any control over them and where the user can do whatever they want and install whatever application he desires on his machine… You’ve heard of different privileges & Roles like the Administrator role, the Power user etc… and also IT Administrators uses all types of methods to make sure they are in control of the IT infrastructure in their company… Now with Windows 7 & Windows Server 2008 R2 … they can even control which Version of an APP a user can run :o) using AppLocker!

Windows 7 builds on the security foundation of Windows Vista and delivers increased flexibility for IT professionals responsible for securing PCs and data.

AppLocker™

Windows 7 reenergizes application control policies with AppLocker: a flexible, easy to administer mechanism that allows IT professionals to specify what is allowed to run in the desktop infrastructure, and gives users the ability to run applications, installation programs and scripts that they require to be productive. As a result, IT professionals can enforce application standardization within their organization while providing improved security, as well as operational and compliance benefits.

Just like you buy a car… you want to be in FULL Control of it… you would want to manage an IT Infrastructure where YOU are in CONTROL…

Cheers,

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