Mastering Windows Security and Hardening - Second Edition

Preface

Throughout this book, you will be provided with the knowledge needed to protect your Windows environment and the users that access it. The book will cover a variety of topics that go beyond the hardening of just the operating system to include the management of devices, baselining, hardware, virtualization, networking, identity management, security operations, monitoring, auditing, and testing. The goal is to ensure that you understand the foundation of, and multiple layers involved in, providing improved protection for your Windows systems.

Since this book focuses on security, it's important to understand the core principles that form an information security model. These principles are known as the CIA triad, which stands for confidentiality ...