It's intended to help cut down on the time it takes for a business to detect that they've been hacked once an attacker has gained access. Windows Defender Advanced Threat Protection is a security tool focused on breach detection, rather than prevention. There are a couple of new features designed to beef up Windows 10's enterprise security, starting with updates to Windows Defender. Enterprise security featuresĮnterprises still make up a huge percentage of Microsoft's Windows customer base, and the company hasn't forgotten them in this latest update.
This allows users to right click on text or images, and ask Cortana to perform contextual searches. Syncing of user data - such as passwords, history and favourites - to the cloud has been improved, making it much easier to switch between computers, and Cortana has also been integrated. At time of going to press there were only 15 available extensions, but it was heartening to see that these included popular names such as LastPass, Evernote and Pocket. The Edge browser, which received a lukewarm initial reception, finally has support for extensions - considered by many to be the missing piece of the puzzle.
