Generic Hardening - A Reference Guide
I put together this document as a reference for system hardening. It covers the basics – what hardening actually means, the formula for building a hardened system, and how virtualisation changes the picture. You can download the full guide as a Word document. What is System Hardening? Hardening is just the practice of making a system more resistant to attack. The guiding idea is least privilege: only what’s needed runs, only what’s needed is exposed. ...