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Mastering Windows Security and Hardening

By : Mark Dunkerley, Matt Tumbarello
Book Image

Mastering Windows Security and Hardening

By: Mark Dunkerley, Matt Tumbarello

Overview of this book

Are you looking for effective ways to protect Windows-based systems from being compromised by unauthorized users? Mastering Windows Security and Hardening is a detailed guide that helps you gain expertise when implementing efficient security measures and creating robust defense solutions. We will begin with an introduction to Windows security fundamentals, baselining, and the importance of building a baseline for an organization. As you advance, you will learn how to effectively secure and harden your Windows-based system, protect identities, and even manage access. In the concluding chapters, the book will take you through testing, monitoring, and security operations. In addition to this, you’ll be equipped with the tools you need to ensure compliance and continuous monitoring through security operations. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed a full understanding of the processes and tools involved in securing and hardening your Windows environment.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
1
Section 1: Getting Started
6
Section 2: Applying Security and Hardening
13
Section 3: Protecting, Detecting, and Responding for Windows Environments

Network security fundamentals

Networking can be a very challenging task for technology teams. Networks can be very sensitive and commonly take the blame for most outages, without people even knowing the true root cause of an issue. This is simply because most of our data traverses over a network, so it's critical that it performs optimally. If it doesn't, it can bring a business to its knees because of how dependent we have become on the network. In addition to the already challenging task of managing a network comes network security. Ensuring that the data we send/receive is secure, no perpetrators are accessing our network who shouldn't be, preventing traffic that isn't welcome, and ensuring confidential data is isolated are some of the challenges faced with network security.

As we mentioned previously, this shift in security is mainly due to the evolution of device access and cloud technologies that have forced us to change our strategies. Although this has...