Network Security Management

In the ever-changing world of information technology, protecting private data from prying eyes is becoming increasingly important. Maintaining a solid security posture that prevents access to internal information, processes, and resources is critical to sustaining a competitive edge and to ensure self-preservation in hostile environments. In this tutorial, we discuss how to impose tight security on Windows Server 2008.

When you install Windows Server 2008 out of the box, it doesn't provide a totally secure environment, although it's much more secure than previous editions. You must customize security details on Windows Server 2008 to best suit your operating environment. This process involves executing multiple steps, careful planning, double-checking your settings, and a few noncomputer activities. If you don't care about the security of your data, you can skip this discussion entirely, though we can't imagine this applies to too many of our readers.

The goal of security isn't to create a system that's impossible for a hacker or misguided user to compromise. Instead, the goal is to erect a sufficiently imposing barrier against intruders so that the difficulty they encounter while attempting to break in is significantly higher than on someone else's system. It's kind of like building a brick wall around your yard so tall that it discourages an intruder from climbing over - so that the intruder goes into your neighbor's yard instead. Your goal is to convince attackers to go after easier targets. By following the prescriptions in this tutorial, you can deploy a Windows Server 2008 system that's not only harder to crack than your neighbors' but also nearly watertight.

Protecting proprietary and private electronic property defends against outside attackers, but it also involves erecting a barrier against inside assaults and taking precautions against other threats to your data as well.