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Author: juergen.kroder@fb-pro.com

Posted on 27. January 202313. September 2024

SOC2 compliance ahead: How hardening supported ESRB on their way

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.

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Posted on 26. January 202327. September 2024

This is why IT forensics and System Hardening belong together

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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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Posted on 19. December 202218. January 2023

AuditTAP: What’s new in version 5.3?

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On Github you can now find the latest version of the Audit Test Automation Package, AuditTAP for short. These improvements are included.

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Posted on 19. October 202227. September 2024

Malware vs. system hardening: How risky is “DefenderSwitch” or “DefenderStop”?

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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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Posted on 26. September 202210. September 2025

Risk assessment, new hardening configurations and more: AuditTAP 5.2 is here!

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With the current update, several new features have been added to AuditTAP. One of the new features is particularly important for companies.

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Posted on 12. September 202210. September 2025

How well does your IT service provider work? How to do a quick configuration check

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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.

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Posted on 29. August 202213. September 2024

How much telemetry data do Windows 10 and Windows 11 really spy on?

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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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Posted on 8. August 202210. September 2025

AuditTAP 5.1: What does the new version offer?

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Bug fixes and fresh features: AuditTAP 5.1 has a few small but nice changes up its sleeve.

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Posted on 29. July 202210. September 2025

What is System Hardening? What measures and solutions are possibe?

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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. We explain exactly what this is here.

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Posted on 23. June 202227. September 2024

Enforce Administrator has passed another penetration test with flying colors!

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And again there is a certificate for Enforce Administrator: Our security configuration management solution for hardening IT systems passed an important security test again.

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