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Hackers are constantly exploiting security vulnerabilities and users’ naiveté to steal corporate and personal information with the intent of committing fraud and other crimes. Such breaches can result in lost customers, financial loss and penalties, legal actions, problems with industry and government regulators and bad press. A 2007 Baseline article1 noted that the average cost per security breach is on the rise, and the two main security concerns in most organizations are “spyware and employees’ ignorance of security.” Fortunately, Windows Vista® incorporates a number of new and enhanced security features that address both concerns. One of the main benefits found in Windows Vista is the User Account Control (UAC) feature, which brings added security by helping to reduce the chances of a user making a change that might expose a computer to risks. Underprevious versions of Windows, most users work with local administrator privileges, which allow them to perform many common tasks on their own and without the involvement of the IT department. These tasks include installing a new program, adding a printer or some other hardware device, changing the system time or running some applications.
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