Introduction to TLS/SSL for Remote Desktop Protocol Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) is one of the most widely used management interfaces in Windows Server environments, and it is also one of the most frequently targeted services by attackers. Securing RDP with proper TLS/SSL configuration on Windows Server 2022 is not optional — it is a fundamental […]
Introduction to LAPS on Windows Server 2022 LAPS — Local Administrator Password Solution — solves one of the most persistent security problems in Windows environments: the use of a single, shared local administrator password across all managed computers. When every workstation and server shares the same local administrator password, a single compromised machine exposes every […]
Introduction to Local Security Policy on Windows Server 2022 Local Security Policy is a comprehensive set of security configuration options built into every Windows Server installation. On Windows Server 2022, it is managed through the Local Security Policy editor (secpol.msc), which provides a graphical interface for configuring everything from password complexity requirements to audit policies […]
Introduction to Network Access Control on Windows Server 2022 Network Access Control (NAC) is a set of policies and technologies that restricts network access based on the identity and health state of the connecting device. On Windows Server 2022, the primary NAC infrastructure component is the Network Policy Server (NPS), which acts as a RADIUS […]
Introduction to IPsec on Windows Server 2022 IPsec (Internet Protocol Security) is a suite of protocols that provides authentication and encryption at the IP layer, securing communications between hosts regardless of the application running above it. Windows Server 2022 includes a fully integrated IPsec implementation through Windows Firewall with Advanced Security (WFAS), allowing administrators to […]
Introduction to Privileged Access Workstations (PAW) A Privileged Access Workstation (PAW) is a dedicated, hardened computer used exclusively for performing sensitive administrative tasks. The concept was formalized by Microsoft as part of the Privileged Access strategy to counter the most common attack vectors used by threat actors to compromise administrative accounts — credential theft, pass-the-hash, […]
What Is Just Enough Administration? Just Enough Administration (JEA) is a PowerShell security feature that allows you to delegate specific administrative capabilities to users without granting them full administrator rights on a system. JEA works by creating a constrained PowerShell remoting endpoint — a custom PSSession configuration — that limits which cmdlets, parameters, functions, providers, […]
Advanced Audit Policy vs Basic Audit Policy Windows provides two mechanisms for configuring Security event log auditing: the legacy Basic Audit Policy and the more granular Advanced Audit Policy Configuration. Understanding the difference is important before you begin configuring auditing on Windows Server 2022, because the two systems interact in ways that can produce unexpected […]
Overview of Windows Event Forwarding Windows Event Forwarding (WEF) is a built-in Windows mechanism that allows events recorded in the Windows Event Log on one machine (the source) to be pushed or pulled to a central collection server (the collector). WEF operates over HTTPS using WS-Management (WinRM) as its transport protocol, meaning it uses port […]
What Is the Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit? The Microsoft Security Compliance Toolkit (SCT) is a free collection of tools and security baseline documents published by Microsoft to help organizations implement and verify security configurations on Windows operating systems, server roles, and Microsoft applications. Unlike third-party benchmarks, the SCT baselines are developed by the same engineers […]
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