Professional Microsoft IIS 8

Securing Your Environment

Before securing IIS 8.0, it is important that your overall network environment itself is secure. Securing a Windows environment, let alone a heterogeneous environment, is a book (or several) in itself. There are numerous technologies, white papers, best practices, and tools available that will assist in initially configuring the environment, ensuring that the configuration remains and monitoring the environment for any changes.

The TechNet Security portal (http://technet.microsoft.com/security/) is the first stop for administrators seeking guidance on securing a Windows network, including the latest prescriptive advice, security and patch bulletins, analysis tools that can warn of possible misconfiguration, and step-by-step implementation guides.