Hardening

In general, hardening is the action that's taken to increase the security by reducing the vulnerability of a workstation, server, and network from exploitation. There are several levels of hardening, but the ones that you may encounter in the Server+ exam are OS hardening, system hardening, application hardening, and hardware hardening.

OS hardening

Securing an OS goes a long way in the process of securing its computer. The process of hardening an OS is slightly different for a client OS than for a server OS. Most of the steps are the same in either case, but let's focus on the hardening of a network server OS. Essentially, hardening an OS involves four major steps: disabling the unnecessary services, disabling...