Masterclass: Windows Security and Infrastructure Management

This is a deep dive course on infrastructure services configuration, increasing their level of security and windows internals. It is a must-‐go for enterprise administrators, security officers and architects. Delivered by one of the best people in the market in the security field –with practical knowledge from tons of successful projects, many years of real-‐world experience, great teaching skills and no mercy for misconfigurations or insecure solutions.

The secure infrastructure configuration should be the most important line of defense in every organization. Unfortunately people, the most valuable resource, are not always aware of the level of security in their companies, possible points of entry, how operating system are attacked and how to protect infrastructure from successful attacks, sometimes caused by configuration mistakes. Understanding perfectly internal operating system protection mechanisms and knowing how operating systems services or server roles work allows having huge impact on the security level of the whole infrastructure. But the problem is that… rarely anybody has this impact!

Advanced access rights, password mechanisms, windows internals, PowerShell usage for security purposes, gaining unauthorized access, advanced DNS configuration and common configuration mistakes, Active Directory security, IIS Security, debugging, advanced monitoring and troubleshooting and much more! Topics covered during this training will help you to feel for the hackers’ role and evaluate your infrastructure from their point of view.

All exercises are based on Windows Server 2012 R2 and Windows 8.1. Some examples are also shown on Windows Server 2012 to accommodate the difference.