Windows - Hardening

The Windows operating system are hardened during provisioning since 2022 Version.

Recommandations from the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkitarrow-up-right and CIS Benchmark documentsarrow-up-right are applied in order to enforce, harden and secure the Windows operating systems. Several hundred parameters are checked and configured to ensure Windows Health The following topics are covered :

Account Policies

  • Define different account option for user authentication on microsoft network

User Rights Assignment

  • Specify what a user or system account is authorized to do on a Windows Server

Administrative templates

Define specifics and secures configurations on the following windows component

  • Control Panel

  • Network

  • Printers

  • Start Menu and Taskbar

  • System

System Services

  • Configure Windows Services, disabling unnecessary and unsecure services

Security Options

  • Define a set of operating system configurations that govern how users can interact with devices and corporate resources

Windows Firewall

Advanced Audit Policy Configuration

  • Allows to specify which security events are audited on Windows and how logs are saved

PowerShell

  • PowerShell's execution policy is a safety feature that controls the conditions under which PowerShell loads configuration files and runs scripts

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