Windows has a range of authentication methods for accessing your device, a firewall, an antivirus, a way to encrypt your drives and more.

Fortunately, protecting your PC doesn’t need to be a complex or costly endeavor. You can significantly enhance your computer's security using only the built-in tools and settings available on your ...

Learn how BitLocker, passkeys, Microsoft Defender, and other Windows 11 security features protect your data, accounts, apps, and devices. Windows 11 comes with plenty of built-in security tools, but ...

Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. Windows 11 offers a variety of security settings designed to better safeguard your PC and personal files. But those settings tend to be scattered ...

Microsoft has expanded its Windows 11 administrator protection tests, allowing Insiders to enable the security feature from the Windows Security settings. First introduced in October in a preview ...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 build 27774 for Insiders in the Canary channel. One of the main updates in this build is a new method for enabling Administrator protection, which can improve ...

Last summer's CrowdStrike meltdown caused billions of dollars in damage and exposed some fundamental architectural flaws in the Windows platform. A single flawed update from one vendor was enough to ...

Microsoft has released Windows 11 KB5124008 and KB5122880 cumulative updates for versions 25H2/24H2 and 23H2 to fix security ...