Security
| Component | Description | Introduced |
|---|---|---|
| AppLocker | AppLocker uses rules and the properties of the files to provide access control for applications. | Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise and Ultimate editions Windows Server 2008 R2 |
| BitLocker Drive Encryption | A full disk encryption, designed to protect data by providing encryption for entire volumes. | Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate editions, Windows Server 2008 |
| Data Execution Prevention | A security feature that is intended to prevent an application or service from executing code from a non-executable memory region. | Windows XP Service Pack 2 |
| Encrypting File System | A file system driver that provides filesystem-level encryption. | Windows 2000 |
| Security Account Manager | A database stored as a registry file. | Windows NT 3.1 |
| SYSKEY | A utility that encrypts the hashed password information in a SAM database using a 128-bit encryption key. | Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 3 |
| User Account Control | A technology and security infrastructure utility that aims to improve the security of Microsoft Windows by limiting application software to standard user privileges until an administrator authorizes an increase. | Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 |
| Windows Firewall (wf.msc) |
A utility designed to block unauthorized access while permitting authorized communications. An earlier edition known as Internet Connection Firewall that was disabled by default was included with the original Windows XP release. |
Windows XP Service Pack 2 |
| Windows Defender | A security utility to prevent, remove and quarantine spyware in Microsoft Windows. This utility is superseded by Microsoft Security Essentials, available as a free download. |
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 |
| Windows Resource Protection | A feature that protects registry keys and folders in addition to critical system files. | Windows Vista |
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