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Desktop Compliance: Is Windows Lockdown the Answer? Webcast Features Gartner Analyst Michael Silver
Wednesday, 1st November 2006
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Many organizations are experimenting with Windows lockdown -- the removal of administrative rights in Windows XP and User Account Controls in the upcoming release of Windows Vista -- as a way to combat the explosion of user-installed software. Yet as user downloads become more sophisticated, the all-or-nothing approach is spawning the emerging field of application control. Gartner Analyst Michael Silver examines the nature of desktop lockdown and discusses approaches for achieving application control.

Key issues discussed in this event include:
  • What factors are changing the way businesses must control desktop application usage?
  • How are configuration management and security tools converging?
  • How can organizations effectively lock down Windows PCs?



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