Appendix A. Operating System Security Checklists
The following checklists can be a great help in securing newly installed systems. Although this list is more a collection of the general security concepts, and not a step-by-step detailed outline, it is still quite useful in your planning process. Also, this list is not guaranteed to be unchanging or complete for all uses (remember that new vulnerabilities are constantly discovered), these checklists still help protect you from the most common vulnerabilities.
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