https://omid.dev/tags/recommended/Recent content in Recommended on Omid Farhanghttps://omid.dev/images/bio-photo-150x150.jpghttps://omid.dev/images/bio-photo-150x150.jpgHugo -- 0.163.3en-US2026 Omid Farhang | All rights reserved.Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:31:00 +0000https://omid.dev/2012/02/06/german-government-makes-recommendations-for-secure-windows-pcs/Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:31:00 +0000https://omid.dev/2012/02/06/german-government-makes-recommendations-for-secure-windows-pcs/<p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WPLv74e4Nb0/Ty_5N4f5LzI/AAAAAAAAEfg/6iPM1b9XiH0/s1600-h/bsi_200%25255B3%25255D.png"><img loading="lazy" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0BoMXS-jhqc/Ty_5WQfJwyI/AAAAAAAAEfo/tFWfFsCFZmQ/bsi_200_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" alt="bsi_200" title="bsi_200" /> </a></p> <p><strong>The H-Online:</strong> The German Federal Office of Information Security (<a href="http://www.bsi.bund.de/">BSI</a> <em>(German)</em>, <a href="https://www.bsi.bund.de/EN/Home/home_node.html">BSI English</a>) has compiled security recommendations for Windows PCs that will probably sound familiar to regular readers of The H: Anti-virus software – including free solutions –, backups, security updates, an alternative browser such as Google Chrome and “a healthy level of mistrust” are the main components of its proposal for a secure Windows PC. As the UK lacks a governmental organization that makes such recommendations, as usually such organizations recommend policy for public projects, it is worth seeing what Germany&rsquo;s BSI suggests.</p>