Title of Lesson s6

LAB 12 RESOLVING SECURITY SETTINGS

THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:

Exercise 12.1 Configuring Windows Firewall

Exercise 12.2 Using Windows Defender

Exercise 12.3 Looking at Encrypting File System

Exercise 12.4 Using BitLocker

Exercise 12.1 Configuring Windows Firewall Overview The Windows Firewall is used to protect your computer, especially if you are connected to a public network. However, any firewall can also block packets, which may cause an application or service to fail. Therefore, you will need to know how to configure Windows firewall and troubleshoot as needed. Completion time 10 minutes

Question For which profiles is the Windows Firewall enabled? 1

Question What program is open now? 2 Exercise 12.3 Looking at Encrypting File System Overview Within Contoso Ltd. there are files that users work with that are considered “Top Secret.” As a network administrator, you have been asked to make these files as secure as possible. Therefore, you decide to investigate encrypting these files with Encrypting File System (EFS).

Completion time 20 minutes

Question What color was the EFS folder? 3

Question Were you able to access the encrypted file? 4

Exercise 12.4 Using BitLocker Overview In addition to investigating power settings, your director wants you to examine the BitLocker feature included in Windows 7. For your first experiment, you will use BitLocker to encrypt an external drive connected to your workstation using a password. Following that, you will then decrypt the drive. Completion time 15 minutes

Question Which edition(s) of Windows 7 supports BitLocker ToGo? 7

Question What icon is used to show that the drive is encrypted? 8