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Mastering Windows Security and Hardening
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Mastering Windows Security and Hardening

by Mark Dunkerley, Matt Tumbarello
July 2020
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
572 pages
12h 40m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 2: Building a Baseline

In this chapter, we are going to cover the importance of building a baseline for your Windows systems. As you deploy tens to hundreds to thousands of Windows devices, you need to ensure that you are deploying your devices pre-hardened and secured. In addition to this, you need to ensure consistency with every system that is deployed. This is where building a foundation is critical and must be followed. In addition to the baseline requirements, very stringent policies, standards, and procedures must be followed. Anyone falling outside of these boundaries will create additional risk to the organization, so it is critical that a well-defined program is put in place early on with the backing of support and leadership. ...

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