WEEK 8 TASK 8
Week 8 – Security Continued
This week we continue learning how Windows boxes become exploited and how to harden them.
Learn vulnerabilities in-depth to better understand how to secure a box
· Check out the following link and pay close attention to the way in which user account authentication occurs in a Windows 7 environment: Exposing the Secrets of Windows Credential Provider
· Check out the following link as well and examine different ways of approaching the hardening of a system: Harden Windows Article
Examine the network you have created and determine how it can be hardened
· Examine the Windows installations and determine the different ways in which the previous links can apply and help to secure the box.
· Come up with a list of vulnerabilities and ways to fix those vulnerabilities.
· Apply those fixes to your Windows installations and present a report to the class about how you implemented the fix and why.
· Update your SOHO configuration management report to show the changes to the Windows boxes on your network as needed.
o Be prepared to explain whether you think this is effective system administration or not.
For your task, submit you the results from your Requirement Analysis on your project.
· Submit the results from step 2 as your deliverable.
