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Server Hardening

What is Database Hardening and Why Is It Critical?

Hardening the various systems across your network helps you improve your cybersecurity posture level and block attacks. Hardening includes regular patching of known software vulnerabilities and turning off nonessential services on each system to reduce the number of processes that can be exploited. Hardening your database servers is a vital part of this information security strategy.

The Developer's Guide to Security Hardening

If developers one day considered security a mere ‘good-to-have,’ that day is firmly in the past. As digital transformation accelerates, employee workstations become liabilities for enterprise assets and data, placing cybersecurity in the spotlight. On average, organizations face 130 security breaches annually, and every data breach costs a company around $4.24 million. For better or worse, remote work culture and corrupted credential are the top reasons for security breaches.

The Developer's Checklist to Security Hardening [XLS Download]

The coming of the internet was a beautiful thing, bringing about accessibility to reach everyone across the globe. But this reach is a double-edged sword. If everyone is just a click away, so are bad actors who can reach back to attack the organization at its weakest spot, trying to access information that it strives very hard to protect.

What is OS Hardening and How Can Developers Implement it

As cyber threats become increasingly advanced and complex, organizations are forced to adopt a military attitude of ‘war footing’ to secure their systems and servers. Although the use of new technologies has increased to manage complex workloads and operations, the vulnerability of data stored on devices continues to be a worry. Accenture research revealed that cyberattacks have soared by a shocking 125% yearly.

CIS Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Benchmark v1.0.0

In February 2022, CIS (Center for Internet Security) released the Microsoft Windows Server 2022 Benchmark v1.0.0 that includes 50+ new features, GPOs (Group Policy Objects), capabilities and services. The document offers a comparison between Server 2019 vs. Server 2022 for similarities and differences as well as similarities and differences of Windows 11 vs Windows 10.

Why to harden PowerShell and not remove it completely

The National Security Agency (NSA) and partner cybersecurity authorities recently released an information sheet recommending proper configuration and monitoring of PowerShell, as opposed to removing or disabling PowerShell entirely. PowerShell is a built-in scripting language and a command-line executor developed by Microsoft to provide a better interface for system administrators to simplify and automate administrative tasks.

How Hardening is reflected in the different NIST Standards

NIST stands for National Institute of Standards and Technology. NIST was founded in 1901 and is a part of the U.S Department of Commerce. It is one of the oldest physical science laboratories in the US and was formed to remove challenges related to industrial competitiveness.