Wherever there is innovation, those looking to exploit it aren’t far behind. IBM released its version of the personal computer in 1981. While it wasn’t the first PC, the IBM 5150 (which ran on the Microsoft-developed operating system DOS) helped to establish the modern computer market. In 1986, Brain, the first “full-stealth” computer virus, targeted IBM PCs.
It’s been 40 years since the term “computer virus” was coined at the University of Southern California, and cyberattacks are now so common that terms such as “worm,”“malware,”“phishing” and “ransomware” are a part of the public’s everyday vocabulary.
To address the ever-present and evolving threat of cyberattacks, Microsoft released Windows 11.
“We’ve had upgrades such as Windows XP, Windows 7 and Windows 10. Windows 11 isn’t an upgrade so much as it is a complete redesign of the entire platform,” says Jason Brown, senior field solution architect at CDW. “In earlier versions of Windows, hardware was just hardware. It was there to power the system and Windows ran on top of that. The hardware and software were completely separate.”
Windows 11 takes a different approach. The hardware and software are integrated, meaning that they can recognize each other and communicate as one ecosystem rather than existing as separate layers.
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