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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 cyber threats using zero-trust security principles

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Product type Paperback
Published in Aug 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803236544
Length 816 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Matt Tumbarello Matt Tumbarello
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Table of Contents (21) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started and Fundamentals
2. Chapter 1: Fundamentals of Windows Security FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Building a Baseline 4. Chapter 3: Hardware and Virtualization 5. Chapter 4: Networking Fundamentals for Hardening Windows 6. Chapter 5: Identity and Access Management 7. Part 2: Applying Security and Hardening
8. Chapter 6: Administration and Policy Management 9. Chapter 7: Deploying Windows Securely 10. Chapter 8: Keeping Your Windows Client Secure 11. Chapter 9: Advanced Hardening for Windows Clients 12. Chapter 10: Mitigating Common Attack Vectors 13. Chapter 11: Server Infrastructure Management 14. Chapter 12: Keeping Your Windows Server Secure 15. Part 3: Protecting, Detecting, and Responding for Windows Environments
16. Chapter 13: Security Monitoring and Reporting 17. Chapter 14: Security Operations 18. Chapter 15: Testing and Auditing 19. Chapter 16: Top 10 Recommendations and the Future 20. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we covered identity and access management and its importance to ensure you provide the best protection for your users. We started with an overview, covering the foundation of IAAA and each of its components. We then reviewed account and access management, which covered the account life cycle, as well as external access and privileged access.

Next, we covered authentication methods, including securing your passwords and password management, enabling SSPR, and authenticating with Azure AD using SSO. The remainder of this section included a review of passwordless authentication and enabling Windows Hello for Business. We finished this chapter by covering advanced cloud identity and access protection tools, known as Conditional Access and Identity Protection.

In the next chapter, we will look at the administration and policy management of our Windows environment. We will review device management evolution and how to remotely manage devices in an enterprise...

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