Chapter 5. Network Service Security

At this stage, we have gone through baseline security, operating system, and application-related security details. Now it is time for us to focus on network services and infrastructure-related aspects of security.

In this chapter, you will learn about the following topics:

  • Active Directory and Domain Controller security
  • Securing network services such as DNS and DHCP
  • Group Managed Service Accounts (gMSA)
  • The Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET)

My goal is to provide you with an option to secure your Microsoft infrastructure platform using native Microsoft tools and technologies. Since Microsoft Active Directory is the core platform for all Microsoft-related technologies, we will start with the Domain Controller ...

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