Windows Server® 2008 Security Resource Kit

Best Practices for Small Businesses

When designing best practices for small businesses, be wary of the best practice trap: A security checklist created by a large agency that has not reviewed your small organization for its needs and risks may not be the wisest security checklist to follow. It is too easy to get lost in the minutiae of detail and not step back to look at the larger picture.

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Best Practices Warning While this section is called "best practices," always decide on which "practices" are actually "best" for the organization currently under review, and not just because some checklist or document says so.

While this book is clearly titled and focused on the Windows Server 2008, you need to be cautious of being too concerned about hardening ...