System Hardening & Data Protection
IT forensics and system hardening are only seemingly two completely different areas of information security. In practice, many important overlaps become apparent.
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Don’t become an easy victim of cyber attacks! Read here why “cyber security” and the hardening of IT systems must be at the top of the list of priorities in 2023.
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DIN EN ISO 27001:2022 defines numerous aspects of information security. One important aspect required in the new version is secure system configuration – also known as system hardening. Here’s what you need to know about it.
Exploits like “DefenderSwitch” and “DefenderStop” can disable Windows Defender. Do they also succeed in doing so on a hardened system? We have tested it.
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Have you engaged a service provider? Does it really comply with regulatory requirements, for example in the area of IT security? Use this tool to check the quality of your service provider.
A new tool from the German Federal Office for Information Security can be used to check how much telemetry information an unsecured Windows 10 or Windows 11 sends to Microsoft. We tried it out and came up with some astonishing results.
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Does system hardening really solve many security vulnerabilities? And is 100% system hardening possible? We provide a few insights and examples in this article.
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To ensure that company-relevant information is protected in the best possible way, those responsible must rely on system hardening, among other things. Here we explain exactly what that is.
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We are often asked why we do not perform system hardening based on group policies or group policy objects. The quick answer: Because the handling is inefficient and the results are unsatisfactory! We explain why in this article.
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From startups to medium-sized businesses to corporations: servers running Windows are found in all sizes of companies. This makes the operating system interesting for cyber-gangsters. System hardening of Windows Server is therefore eminently important.
We explain the background here and give tips on Windows server hardening.
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