Campbellsville Univ IS Controls Current Status And Future Directions Lab Questions Once assignment is done please answer the lab questions in attached docu

Campbellsville Univ IS Controls Current Status And Future Directions Lab Questions Once assignment is done please answer the lab questions in attached document

Project Part 8: Windows Hardening Recommendations

Scenario

As a security administrator for Always Fresh, you have been instructed to ensure that Windows authentication, networking, and data access are hardened. This will help to provide a high level of security.

The following are issues to be addressed through hardening techniques:

▪ Previous attempts to protect user accounts have resulted in users writing long passwords down and placing them near their workstations. Users should not write down passwords or create passwords that attackers could easily guess, such as words founds in the dictionary.

▪ Every user, regardless of role, must have at least one unique user account. A user who operates in multiple roles may have multiple unique user accounts. Users should use the account for its intended role only.

▪ Anonymous users of the web server applications should only be able to access servers located in the demilitarized zone (DMZ). No anonymous web application users should be able to access any protected resources in the Always Fresh IT infrastructure.

▪ To protect servers from attack, each server should authenticate connections based on the source computer and user.

Tasks

Create a summary report to management that describes a hardening technique that addresses each issue listed above. Provide rationale for each selection.

Required Resources

▪ Internet access

▪ Course textbook

Submission Requirements

▪ Format: Microsoft Word (or compatible)


▪ Font: Roman, size 12, double-space


▪ APA Citation Style

▪ Length: 2 to 4 pages

Self-Assessment Checklist

▪ I created a procedure guide that provides clear instructions that anyone with a basic technical knowledge base can follow.

▪ I created a well-developed and formatted procedure guide with proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

▪ I followed the submission guidelines. Lab #8 – Assessment Worksheet
Securing Internet Client and Server Applications on Windows
Systems
Course Name and Number:
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Student Name:
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Instructor Name:
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Lab Due Date:
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Lab Assessment Questions
1. What are the steps you took to harden IIS?
2. What are the steps you took to harden the Internet Explorer browser?
3. As a result of this lab, which changes will you implement on your own Internet
browser? Why?
4. Why should you change the directory where the log is stored?
5. Should the security updates for IIS, and the server it is hosted on, be installed as
soon as they are available?
6. List some best practices for hardening IIS.
7. List some best practices for hardening Internet Explorer.

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