Infrastructure Hardening

Tightens the configuration of servers endpoints networks and databases against known benchmarks so the same class of attack that succeeded elsewhere finds nothing to work with here. The outcome is measurably reduced attack surface and evidence to prove it.

Everything included under this practice line.

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Operating system baselines: CIS-benchmarked images for Linux and Windows delivered as golden AMIs or Packer templates

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Endpoint hardening: EDR deployment application allowlisting and disk encryption coverage

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Network segmentation: firewall rule cleanup microsegmentation for east-west traffic and jump host consolidation

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Database hardening: authentication encryption at rest and in transit and privilege minimization for RDS SQL Server and MongoDB

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Patch and vulnerability management: risk-based prioritization SLA tracking and exception workflow

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Legacy system isolation: compensating controls for systems that cannot be patched or replaced

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Configuration drift detection: continuous comparison to baseline with automatic remediation where safe

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Backup and recovery hardening: immutable backups isolated recovery environments and restore testing

The stack we reach for.

AnsibleCIS-CAT ProTenable NessusQualys VMDRCrowdStrike FalconMicrosoft Defender for EndpointIllumioRapid7 InsightVMHashiCorp PackerBigFix

What the business gets, measured.

  • Fewer successful exploits against known and patchable vulnerabilities
  • Reduced ransomware blast radius through segmentation and immutable backups
  • Faster mean time to patch on critical vulnerabilities
  • Lower cyber insurance premiums with documented control coverage
  • Compliance-ready evidence for hardening and configuration management requirements

The specialists behind this practice line.

Infrastructure security engineers own the baselines and configuration management alongside a network security specialist for the segmentation and firewall work and a vulnerability management analyst for the patch prioritization pipeline. A database security specialist is engaged specifically for the data-tier hardening because the controls differ per engine and per version.

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