Large companies have significantly improved the security of the network perimeter, but despite their investments in that area, most large networks remain vulnerable at their core. Techniques that have ...

In a surprising turn of events, Microsoft has issued yet another statement regarding an error that impacted Windows Firewall with Advanced Security. While the company ...

To start, Microsoft is enhancing "out of the box" hardware security by making sure all Copilot+ PCs will be Secured-core devices, according to the release. "Secured-core PCs provide advanced firmware ...

Microsoft asked customers this week to disregard incorrect Windows Firewall errors that appear after rebooting their systems following the installation of the June 2025 preview update. These warnings ...

The first thing you should do is click on the Restore Settings placed right below the error message and see if the issue is resolved. Sometimes, Windows revert back ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. The role of the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is more demanding than ever. As ...

Windows Firewall Control is a nifty little application which extends the functionality of the Windows Firewall and provides quick access to the most frequent options of Windows Firewall. It runs in ...

I'm starting to work on building a security-hardened template for when we start deploying Server 2019. Windows Firewall comes with all sorts of seemingly-extraneous rules allowed by default (like ...

The Windows Defender Firewall can be configured to allow or block programs on a computer from accessing network or Internet resources. It also allows or blocks connections to and from other computers ...

Windows 11 will no longer add SMB1 Windows Defender Firewall rules when creating new SMB shares starting with today's Canary Channel Insider Preview Build 25992 build. Before this change and since ...