HTTP Strict Transport Security comes to Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 8.1 and Windows 7.

Microsoft may be concentrating on Windows 10, but it isn’t forgetting its older operating systems just yet.

The Redmond Company is rolling out a new security feature for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 computers.

Microsoft has released a Windows Update, which brings support for a new protocol in Internet Explorer. The new feature is called HTTP Strict Transport Security, and the abbreviation for which is HSTS.

If you have heard of the HTTPS protocol, (HTTP Secure), you will be pleased to know that HSTS is a similar security feature. What HSTS does, is that it [...]