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Mastering Defensive Security

You're reading from   Mastering Defensive Security Effective techniques to secure your Windows, Linux, IoT, and cloud infrastructure

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800208162
Length 528 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Section 1: Mastering Defensive Security Concepts
2. Chapter 1: A Refresher on Defensive Security Concepts FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Managing Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Risks 4. Chapter 3: Comprehending Policies, Procedures, Compliance, and Audits 5. Chapter 4: Patching Layer 8 6. Chapter 5: Cybersecurity Technologies and Tools 7. Section 2: Applying Defensive Security
8. Chapter 6: Securing Windows Infrastructures 9. Chapter 7: Hardening a Unix Server 10. Chapter 8: Enhancing Your Network Defensive Skills 11. Chapter 9: Deep Diving into Physical Security 12. Chapter 10: Applying IoT Security 13. Chapter 11: Secure Development and Deployment on the Cloud 14. Chapter 12: Mastering Web App Security 15. Section 3: Deep Dive into Defensive Security
16. Chapter 13: Vulnerability Assessment Tools 17. Chapter 14: Malware Analysis 18. Chapter 15: Leveraging Pentesting for Defensive Security 19. Chapter 16: Practicing Forensics 20. Chapter 17: Achieving Automation of Security Tools 21. Chapter 18: The Master's Compilation of Useful Resources 22. Other Books You May Enjoy

Mastering endpoint security

Most of the best practices that we reviewed for servers are also applicable to workstations, so instead of repeating them, let's review some additional security mechanisms and tools that are specifically applicable to workstations.

Windows updates

We already talked about the importance of patching the OS; however, I want to highlight that you can leverage WSUS to distribute updates to your workstations. Here is a great step-by-step guide created by Microsoft that shows you how to configure it: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/deployment/update/waas-manage-updates-wsus.

Why move to Windows 10?

As mentioned, there are many reasons to keep your systems running the latest versions of the OS, but here, we are going to highlight some additional aspects to consider about why it would be a good idea to migrate to Windows 10.

Windows as a service

In the past, Microsoft released new versions of Windows every few years, which represented...

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