Learn how to secure most popular OS - Windows 7. Learn all the techniques and tools used by professionals.

Windows 7 is the most popular desktop operating system in the world, with a market share of over 51% (source: Net Applications). This means that half of all the computers over the world work under control of Microsoft Windows 7! However, huge popularity of the system, implicates numerous different viruses, malware and countless numbers of hacker's attacks.

Installing an antivirus application is not enough to properly protect your computer. Effective protection of the system consists of a variety of factors, of which must be ensured. This is the only way you can protect yourself against data leaks and prevent the network from becoming your computer a zombie machine.

During 42 lectures you will learn in an accessible way how to secure client machines running under Windows 7. We will discuss issues of data protection, the security mechanisms built into the system and how to use sophisticated external tools.