Security in the cloud is just as vital as security in on-premises environments. Hardening a system is a way to protect it by limiting potential weaknesses that make systems vulnerable to cyber attacks. There are hundreds of recommendations that need to be implemented to secure any one technology. Applying them manually will give your team a great look at everything that goes into detailed configuration security – but it can take hours of review. With pre-configured cloud images, however, secure settings are already in place.
Let’s focus on a few suggested security configuration guidelines of the CIS Benchmarks™ for Microsoft Windows Server 2016 and highlight how to speed that process by working in the cloud. Below are five security recommendations for Windows Server 2016, derived from the consensus-developed CIS Benchmarks.
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