Windows Hardening Basics — Roadmap Step & Resources
Group policy, patching and reducing the Windows attack surface
- Level: beginner
- Estimated time: 1 days
- Roadmap: Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker
Before this step
Study resources
- CIS Benchmarks (Article) — The Center for Internet Security's official hardening benchmarks for Windows systems.
- Windows Hardening Explained (Video) — Covers group policy and configuration changes that reduce the Windows attack surface.
- Windows Security Baselines (Article) — Microsoft's own official documentation on hardening Windows with security baselines.
Part of
- Operating Systems Security — section
- Cybersecurity Analyst / Ethical Hacker roadmap — the full learning path