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Windows Server Security Essentials

Windows Server Security Essentials

By : Santhosh Sivarajan
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Windows Server Security Essentials

Windows Server Security Essentials

4.8 (6)
By: Santhosh Sivarajan
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Overview of this book

If you are a security or Windows Server administrator wanting to learn or advance your knowledge in Microsoft security and secure your Windows Server infrastructure effectively, this book is for you.
Table of Contents (10 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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What this book covers
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What you need for this book
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Who this book is for
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Conventions
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1. Operating System and Baseline Security
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1. Operating System and Baseline Security
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Microsoft Windows Server
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Baseline and security
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Summary
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2. Native MS Security Tools and Configuration
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2. Native MS Security Tools and Configuration
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Microsoft SCM
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Administering Microsoft SCM
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Creating and implementing security policies
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Exporting GPO from Active Directory
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Importing GPO into SCM
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Merging imported GPO with the SCM baseline policy
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Exporting the SCM baseline policy
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Importing a policy into Active Directory
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Maintaining and monitoring the integrity of a baseline policy
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Application control and management
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Summary
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3. Server Roles and Protocols
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3. Server Roles and Protocols
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Server types and roles
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Managing servers using Server Manager
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Server Message Block
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4. Application Security
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4. Application Security
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File or data server
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Print server
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Hyper-V servers
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Internet Information Services
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Summary
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5. Network Service Security
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5. Network Service Security
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Baseline policies
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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Service accounts
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Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
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6. Access Control
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6. Access Control
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Dynamic Access Control
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7. Patch Management
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7. Patch Management
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Microsoft Windows Server Update Services
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8. Auditing and Monitoring
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8. Auditing and Monitoring
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Auditing
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Monitoring
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Index
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Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) provides an automated mechanism to assign IP addresses to the network clients. In Windows Server, it is a server role that can be added using Server Manager.

An administrator can use the following tasks in their checklist when considering a DHCP server security method:

  • Operating system type: Use the Windows Server Core operating system
  • DHCP server roles: Remove unwanted roles and features from the DHCP server
  • Baseline security: Create and implement DHCP server baseline security
  • Exclusion and reservation: Create a proper exclusion and reservation range
  • Administration: Restrict DHCP administration access
  • Access policy: Configure policy-based access

The details of these tasks are included in the following sections.

Applying a DHCP baseline policy

Like with the other services, I will again start with baseline policies. These baseline policies are included in Microsoft SCM, as shown in the following screenshot. The details...

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