While only achieving a 9 out of twelve score in the study of the following areas:
- VPN
- Disk Encryption
- Authentication
- Secure Boot
- Platform Integrity and Sandboxing
- Application Whitelisting
- Malicious Code Detection and Prevention
- Security Policy Enforcement
- External Interface Protection
- Device Update Policy
- Event Collection for Enterprise Analysis
- Incident Response
Linux still beat Windows 7 of 12 and Mac OSX’s 8 of 12. A full synopsis can be found here from TechRepublic. Remember though no OS scored a perfect score and 9 out of 12 is still only a C. So there is plenty of room for everyone to improve.