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Windows Server Security Essentials

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Windows Server Security Essentials

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Windows Server Security Essentials
Feb, 2015 | 240 pages
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Table of Contents (16 chapters)
Getting Started with Windows Server Security
Getting Started with Windows Server Security
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Operating System and Baseline Security
Operating System and Baseline Security
Microsoft Windows Server
Baseline and security
Summary
2
Native MS Security Tools and Configuration
Native MS Security Tools and Configuration
Microsoft SCM
Administering Microsoft SCM
Creating and implementing security policies
Exporting GPO from Active Directory
Importing GPO into SCM
Merging imported GPO with the SCM baseline policy
Exporting the SCM baseline policy
Importing a policy into Active Directory
Maintaining and monitoring the integrity of a baseline policy
Application control and management
Summary
3
Server Roles and Protocols
Server Roles and Protocols
Server types and roles
Managing servers using Server Manager
Server Message Block
Summary
4
Application Security
Application Security
File or data server
Print server
Hyper-V servers
Internet Information Services
Summary
5
Network Service Security
Network Service Security
Baseline policies
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
Service accounts
Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit
Summary
6
Access Control
Access Control
Dynamic Access Control
Summary
7
Patch Management
Patch Management
Microsoft Windows Server Update Services
Summary
8
Auditing and Monitoring
Auditing and Monitoring
Auditing
Monitoring
Summary
Index
Index

Auditing

In Windows Server, some of the auditing capabilities are enabled by default, and some are available for you to configure, based on your requirements. These options can be configured using GPOs. In this section, you will see how these auditing options can be configured and how you can forward all these alerts into a centralized location.

Default auditing policies

There are two sets of policies available in Windows Server 2012 to support auditing capabilities—Basic Auditing Policy and Advanced Auditing Policy. The Basic Auditing Policy contains nine basic auditing tasks. These polices are located in the Computer Configuration | Policies | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Local Policies | Audit Policies section in GPO. The Advanced Auditing Policy contains 10 different categories and contains 58 granular settings for each category. These policies are located at Computer Configuration | Policies | Windows Settings | Security Settings | Advanced Audit Policy Configuration | Audit...

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