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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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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

Conventions used

There are a number of text conventions used throughout this book.

Code in text: Indicates code words in text, database table names, folder names, filenames, file extensions, pathnames, dummy URLs, user input, and Twitter handles. Here is an example: "Open the registry editor, go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\WinStations\RDP-Tcp registry subkey, and look for the DWORD port number."

A block of code is set as follows:

If (!($NBTNS.NetbiosOptions -eq "2")){ $NBTNSCompliance = "No" } Else { $NBTNSCompliance ="Yes" }

Code output or a command-line entry is set as follows:

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_DeviceGuard -Namespace root\Microsoft\Windows\DeviceGuard

Bold: Indicates a new term, an important word, or words that you see onscreen. For example, words in menus or dialog boxes appear in the text like this. Here is an example: "Select Port as the rule type to create and click Next. Select TCP and enter 65001 in the box to specify Specific local ports and click Next."

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