Chris Corio, a program manager on the Windows Security team, has put together an article for the May/June 2006 issue of TechNet Magazine that takes a first look at the new security features that will be included in Windows Vista. Items covered in the article are:

• User Account Control
• Consent and Credentials
• Code Integrity
• Data Encryption
• Application Isolation
• Data Redirection
• Cryptography
• Credential Providers
• Service Hardening
• Windows Defender
• Rights Management Services

It's a good summary all in one place of many of the security improvements that will be built into or will ship with the new OS. From reduced privileges to improved use of strong cryptography and other new features, Vista looks like it will be a major step forward in the Windows security world - a welcome set of core changes.

Read the article here.