CyberOps Windows Hardening: Windows Server Hardening Best Practices

Skillsoft issued completion badges are earned based on viewing the percentage required or receiving a passing score when assessment is required. Windows servers are the heart of many corporate networks and may contain sensitive company data that, if leaked or stolen by an attacker, would be catastrophic. Protecting the Windows Server assets and preventing a security compromise is an important skill for IT security professionals to master. In this course, you'll learn how to help prevent security incidents by hardening the Windows Server and reducing the attack surface. You'll learn how to follow common security best practices to lock down a Windows system by hardening user accounts, passwords, services, the file system, and common network services, such as DNS and IIS.