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

Product type Paperback

Published in Jul 2020

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781839216411

Length 572 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

PowerShell

Tools

Windows OS

Concepts

Hardening

Authors (2):

Matt Tumbarello

Mark Dunkerley

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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

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

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Connecting to Microsoft Defender ATP

Microsoft Defender ATP was initially designed to support the Windows 10 OS, but now has extended support to include versions of Windows server. This includes servers that use Windows Defender Antivirus, as well as System Center Endpoint Protection. The following servers support onboarding to the Microsoft Defender ATP service:

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
Windows Server 2012 R2
Windows Server 2016
Windows Server, version 1803
Windows Server 2019

The official Microsoft documentation for Microsoft Defender ATP, including an overview of its features, can be found at this link:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/threat-protection/microsoft-defender-atp/microsoft-defender-advanced-threat-protection

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