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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

Understanding Windows Network Security

In this section, we will review the core networking functions of Windows 10 and Windows Server. Having familiarity with these components is a must for any security professional when managing and troubleshooting Windows devices. It's also recommended that you apply the baseline recommendations that can be applied to the network and ensure your system is hardened correctly.

Network baselining

Referencing back to Chapter 2, Building a Baseline, you will want to ensure that your network-specific hardening components have been configured based on the recommendations. There are many network-related settings for Windows and implementing the baseline recommendations is the more practical approach compared to building your own standards from scratch. As an example, referencing back to the Microsoft security baseline and the baseline settings within the MS Security Baseline Windows 10 v1909 and Server v1909.xlsx spreadsheet, simply filtering...

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