Category: Server Hardening
According to Microsoft Security Advisory ADV190023, a future Windows Update in 2020 will make changes to LDAP Signing (LDAPS) and will require connections to use LDAPS instead of the …
Everything seems to be moving to “the cloud” these days, and you have a few options such as Microsoft Azure and Amazon AWS to name a few. Depending on …
If you followed my previous guides for LEMP Install NGINX PHP7 MySQL on Ubuntu 16.04 Server then you probably installed NGINX from the Ubuntu repo. Unfortunately, the version in …
For general instructions on how to Force Encryption on a SQL Server Instance, follow Microsoft KB Artcile How to enable SSL encryption for an instance of SQL Server by …
MongoDB is “a document database that provides high performance, high availability, and easy scalability”. In this chapter of our InfoSec System Hardening series, we’ll walk you through some of …
The next segment in our InfoSec System Hardening series is how to harden an NGINX Web Server. NGINX is an alternative to the popular Apache Web Server on Linux. …
As with any server, whether it be a web server, file server, database server, etc, hardening is an important step in information security and protecting the data on your …
If you’re running a WordPress site on a Linux server running NGINX, then you might be interested in setting up a free SSL (HTTPS) certificate using Let’s Encrypt. The …
As many of us begin to upgrade to iOS 10 that was launched earlier today, we recommend that you check some of these settings to ensure your security and …
Everyone carries around their smartphones these days, and most don’t realize the amount of personal data that could be found on them if they ever made it into the …