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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 different methods that can be used for monitoring and reporting Windows servers and clients. We covered MDE and reviewed the available dashboards that help track vulnerabilities, identify weaknesses, and report on machine health and software inventory. Then, we reviewed how to onboard Windows clients using the Microsoft Intune Connector and how to assign an EDR profile. Next, we learned about collecting telemetry data using Azure Monitor Logs and Log Analytics workspaces. We covered onboarding Windows clients and servers, as well as how solutions from the Azure Marketplace can help you configure data collectors and visualize the data being captured. We also provided an overview of Azure Monitor for viewing performance insights and reviewed the Azure activity logs for auditing resource operations.

In the next section, we discussed enabling Microsoft Defender for Cloud and showed you how to enable enhanced security and auto-provisioning to automatically...

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