Mastering Windows Security and Hardening: Secure and protect your Windows environment from cyber threats using zero-trust security principles

From the Preface:

Throughout this book, you will be provided with the knowledge needed to protect your Windows environment and the users who access it. The book will cover a variety of topics that go beyond the hardening of just the operating system to include the management of devices, baselining, hardware, virtualization, networking, identity management, security operations, monitoring, auditing, and testing. The goal is to ensure that you understand the foundation of, and the multiple layers involved in, providing improved protection for your Windows systems.

Since this book focuses on security, it's important to understand the core principles that form an information security model. These principles are known as the CIA triad, which stands for confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

This book is split into three sections to help guide you and provide the understanding and knowledge that's needed to implement a solid Windows security foundation within your organization. The first section will cover getting started and the foundations for Windows security. The second section will focus on applying security and hardening with the third section providing information to protect, detect, and respond to Windows environments.

Who this book is for

This book is intended to educate the technical and security community, which includes the following roles:

• Microsoft security, cloud, and technical roles, such as engineers, analysts, architects, and administrators
• Anyone involved in the management of a Windows environment
• All technical-related security roles
• Technical/security managers and directors