{"id":195714,"date":"2017-01-24T19:24:21","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T17:24:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=195714"},"modified":"2017-01-24T19:25:48","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T17:25:48","slug":"microsoft-makes-windows-10-security-easier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/195714-microsoft-makes-windows-10-security-easier.html","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft makes Windows 10 security easier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.windows.com\/windowsexperience\/2017\/01\/23\/introducing-windows-defender-security-center\/#AFRjeLIP7KlUIGdx.97\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Microsoft has launched the Windows Defender Security Center<\/strong><\/a>, which makes it easier for users to view and control their security protections.<\/p>\n<p>The security centre also helps users understand the features protecting them on their Windows 10 device.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur goal with the Windows Defender Security Center is to help you become more informed and make safety simple,\u201d said Microsoft.<\/p>\n<p>It\u00a0includes five pillars that give users control and visibility of their device security, health, and online safety experiences.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Virus and threat protection<\/strong> provides a view of your antivirus protection &#8211; whether it\u2019s Windows Defender Antivirus that comes free with Windows 10 or AV software from a partner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Device performance and health<\/strong> provides a single view of a user\u2019s latest Windows updates, drivers, battery life, and storage capacity.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Firewall and network protection<\/strong> provides information on the network connections and active Windows Firewall settings, as well as links to network troubleshooting information.<\/li>\n<li><strong>App and browser control<\/strong> allows users to adjust SmartScreen settings for apps and browsers &#8211; warning them of potential malicious sites, downloads, and unrecognised apps and files.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Family options<\/strong> give users an easy way to connect to the family options available online.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/software\/195352-new-power-slider-for-windows-10.html\">New power slider for Windows 10<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft has launched the Windows Defender Security Center, which makes it easier for users to view and control their security protections.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":174478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,16],"tags":[123,463,26970],"class_list":["post-195714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-security","category-software","tag-microsoft","tag-security-2","tag-windows-10"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195714"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195714"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":195758,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195714\/revisions\/195758"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/174478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}