Hardening Windows Systems,Used

The definitive tool to learn whats proper for Microsoft Windows systems. Robertas excellent guidance will easily help you build secure, resiliant systems. Steve Riley, Security Business and Technology Unit, Windows Division, Microsoft CorporationTake a proactive approach to network security by hardening your Windows systems against attacks before they occur. Written by security evangelist Roberta Bragg, this handson resource provides concrete steps you can take immediately as well as ongoing actions to ensure longterm security. Whether you have one Windows server or one hundred, youll get complete details on how to systematically harden your network from the ground up, as well as strategies for getting companywide support for your security plan. With coverage of Windows 95/98/NT 4.0/2000/XP and Windows Server 2003, this book is an essential security tool for onthejob IT professionals.Features a fourpart hardening methodology: Do This Now!Checklist of immediate steps to take to lockdown your system from further attack Take It From The TopSystematic approach to hardening your enterprise from the top down, focusing on authentication, access controls, borders, logical security boundaries, communications, storage, and administrative authority Once Is Never Enough!Ongoing monitoring and assessment plan to keep your network secure, including patch management and auditing How to Succeed At Hardening Your Windows SystemsStrategies for getting budget approval, management buyin, and employee cooperation for your security programRoberta Bragg, CISSP, MCSE: Security, Security+, coauthor of Network Security: The Complete Reference, instructor, and consultant, focuses on how to proactively deploy proven security principles to defend Windows systems from possible attack. Roberta is the Security Advisor columnist for MCP magazine, the Security Expert for searchWin2000.com, and writes for the Security Watch newsletter. Roberta is the series editor of McGrawHill/Osbornes Hardening security series.