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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

Using MCAS

MCAS is a Cloud Access Security Broker (CASB). In short, a CASB is a service and/or tool that can extend your security footprint from on-premises into the cloud and provide better visibility and control over your data across a multitude of services. Additionally, it helps to add visibility through the discovery of shadow IT processes, which is traditionally a challenge for many organizations. One of the major benefits of MCAS is its native and simple integration with Microsoft security technologies. In addition, MCAS also integrates with other cloud providers for visibility into all your combined cloud environments in a single console.

As with any security tool, it will take time to fully configure all the MCAS features, implement your monitoring and policies correctly, and ensure that ongoing maintenance and operations are running efficiently. At a high level, you can set up MCAS relatively quickly to start gaining visibility with your environment. To access MCAS, follow...

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