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2017-022-Windows Hardening, immutable laws of security admins, and auditpol
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2017-022-Windows Hardening, immutable laws of security admins, and auditpol
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Jul 3, 2017
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Direct Link to Download: http://traffic.libsyn.com/brakeingsecurity/2017-022-windows_and_AD_Hardening.mp3 This week, we discuss hardening of windows hosts, utilizing CIS benchmarks. We talk about the 'auditpol' command. And we dredge up from the ancient times (2000) the Microsoft article from Scott Culp "The 10 Immutable Laws of Security Administration". Are they still applicable to today's environment, 17 years later? Brakesec also announces our "PowerShell for Blue Teamers and Incident Responders" with Mick Douglas (@bettersafetynet). A 6 week course starting with the basics of powershell, and goes into discussion of frameworks using Powershell too assist in assessing your network. It starts on 10 July and run each Monday evening until 14 August 2017. You'll receive a certificate suitable for CPE credit, as well as the videos of the class available to you on our YouTube channel. To sign up, go to our Patreon Page (http://www.patreon.com/bds_podcast) and sign up at the $20 USD level labeled "Blue Team Powershell - Attendee". If you are looking to just get the videos and follow along in class, pick the $10 USD "Blue Team Powershell - Attendee- Videos Only" Classes will be held on Monday Evenings only for 5 weeks, ending on 1 August. #RSS: www.brakeingsecurity.com/rss Youtube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZFjAqFb4A60M1TMa0t1KXw iTunes Store Link: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brakeing-down-security-podcast/id799131292?mt=2 #Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/music/m/Ifp5boyverbo4yywxnbydtzljcy?t=Brakeing_Down_Security_podcast Join our #Slack Channel! Sign up at https://brakesec.signup.team #iHeartRadio App: https://www.iheart.com/show/263-Brakeing-Down-Securi/ #SoundCloud: https://www.soundcloud.com/bryan-brake Comments, Questions, Feedback: bds.podcast@gmail.com Support Brakeing Down Security Podcast on #Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bds_podcast #Twitter: @brakesec @boettcherpwned @bryanbrake @infosystir #Player.FM : https://player.fm/series/brakeing-down-security-podcast #Stitcher Network: http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=80546&refid=stpr #TuneIn Radio App: http://tunein.com/radio/Brakeing-Down-Security-Podcast-p801582/ --SHOW NOTES-- 10 immutable laws of Security administration: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/cc722488.aspx Really great stuff On This Page Law #1: Nobody believes anything bad can happen to them, until it does Law #2: Security only works if the secure way also happens to be the easy way Law #3: If you don't keep up with security fixes, your network won't be yours for long Law #4: It doesn't do much good to install security fixes on a computer that was never secured to begin with Law #5: Eternal vigilance is the price of security Law #6: There really is someone out there trying to guess your passwords Law #7: The most secure network is a well-administered one Law #8: The difficulty of defending a network is directly proportional to its complexity Law #9: Security isn't about risk avoidance; it's about risk management Law #10: Technology is not a panacea https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-culp-cissp-8b69572a/ http://thehackernews.com/2017/06/hacker-arrested-for-hacking-microsoft.html https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/threat-protection/use-windows-event-forwarding-to-assist-in-instrusion-detection https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/identity/ad-ds/plan/security-best-practices/best-practices-for-securing-active-directory auditpol - https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc731451(v=ws.11).aspx https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/device-security/auditing/advanced-security-audit-policy-settings https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc677002.aspx - Microsoft Security compliance Manager https://www.databreaches.net/irony-when-blackhats-are-our-only-source-of-disclosure-for-some-healthcare-hacks/ https://www.databreaches.net/leak-of-windows-10-source-code-raises-security-concerns/ https://
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