From the course: Security for the SMB: Implementing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
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System security
From the course: Security for the SMB: Implementing the NIST Cybersecurity Framework
System security
- [Instructor] Another important component of cybersecurity in the NIST framework is protecting computer systems inside your network. To maintain a layered approach to security your organization needs to enable secure configuration standards, least functionality within and across systems, antivirus and malware protection, and system patching. First are ways to secure your operating systems like Windows server and Linux in applications like Office or a database. These security settings should be the default configuration as set in a security baseline document. Rather than figuring out your own security settings consider following the manufacturer's recommendations. Microsoft provides this for their major products. You can find similar recommendations on other websites. The Center for Internet Security CIS benchmarks are configuration guidelines established by a community of cybersecurity experts for over 140 technologies,…
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