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Mastering Windows Security and Hardening

You're reading from   Mastering Windows Security and Hardening Secure and protect your Windows environment from intruders, malware attacks, and other cyber threats

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jul 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839216411
Length 572 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Matt Tumbarello Matt Tumbarello
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Getting Started
2. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Windows Security FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Building a Baseline 4. Chapter 3: Server Infrastructure Management 5. Chapter 4: End User Device Management 6. Section 2: Applying Security and Hardening
7. Chapter 5: Hardware and Virtualization 8. Chapter 6: Network Fundamentals for Hardening Windows 9. Chapter 7: Identity and Access Management 10. Chapter 8: Administration and Remote Management 11. Chapter 9: Keeping Your Windows Client Secure 12. Chapter 10: Keeping Your Windows Server Secure 13. Section 3: Protecting, Detecting, and Responding for Windows Environments
14. Chapter 11: Security Monitoring and Reporting 15. Chapter 12: Security Operations 16. Chapter 13: Testing and Auditing 17. Chapter 14: Top 10 Recommendations and the Future 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

Building baseline controls

Moving on, we will cover some more details about the baseline controls that can be used o your Windows devices. Here, we will cover the following:

  • Center for Internet Security (CIS®)
  • The Windows security baselines

CIS

First, we will look at CIS. You may already be familiar with CIS and you will often see CIS listed on a lot of lists of the most preferred frameworks, although it's not a full comprehensive framework like the others that we previously listed. Instead, CIS is more of a tactical compilation of controls and guidelines that allows organizations to meet the requirements of a chosen framework. The following screenshot is of the current CIS home page and can be reached by going to https://www.cisecurity.org/:

Figure 2.5 – The CIS home page

CIS is a non-profit organization comprising a global community to provide protection against the ongoing cybersecurity threat landscape. More specifically...

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