Chapter 8 – Endpoint Security

While there is a natural concern that servers must be protected and the investment in security to protect them should be high, the endpoint is playing a major role nowadays in the overall security matrix. With cloud computing, the trend is that servers will reside in the cloud provider's datacenter and endpoints will be the ones located on-premises. If endpoint security is not done correctly, the whole infrastructure can be compromised and putting in risk the overall cloud migration project. The market is giving a great feedback1 about Windows 8 security capabilities, and you must take advantage of that by leveraging the built-in security features available in this release. In this chapter, you will learn what are the core security considerations for endpoint security, what are the main Windows 8 security enhancements, and learning more about some of the changes that are not so advertised but are important to keep the system secure.