System Hardening & Data Protection
How can high requirements of a information security certification be met? Especially when preventive measures like system hardening are a must have. This is how ESRB mastered that with our powerful hardening tool.
Continue reading “SOC2 compliance ahead: How hardening supported ESRB on their way”
IT forensics and system hardening are only seemingly two completely different areas of information security. In practice, many important overlaps become apparent.
Continue reading “This is why IT forensics and system hardening belong together”
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.
Continue reading “Why system hardening is a “must have” for your company in 2023″
On Github you can now find the latest version of the Audit Test Automation Package, AuditTAP for short. These improvements are included.
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.
Continue reading “Malware vs. system hardening: How risky is “DefenderSwitch” or “DefenderStop”?”
Since version 5.2, AuditTAP offers a practical Risk Score. This can cause astonished faces under certain circumstances. We explain how to read and interpret the improved and clear compliance report correctly.
With the current update, several new features have been added to AuditTAP. One of the new features is particularly important for companies.
Continue reading “Risk assessment, new hardening configurations and more: AuditTAP 5.2 is here!”
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.
Continue reading “How much telemetry data do Windows 10 and Windows 11 really spy on?”
