About hardening - Security Center 5.12

Security Center Administrator Guide 5.12

Product
Security Center
Content type
Guides > Administrator guides
Version
5.12
Language
English
Last updated
2024-09-13

Hardening is the process of enhancing hardware and software security. When hardening a system, basic and advanced security measures are put in place to achieve a more secure operating environment.

The Security Center default settings offer a balance between system security, usability, and performance. By hardening your system, you are optimizing it for more security, but potentially at the expense of some usability or performance. Hardening is an incremental process. How much you harden your security system depends on your threat model and the sensitivity of your information.

The Security Center Hardening Guide outlines our recommended procedures to improve your system security.

We define two levels of security in this guide:
Basic level
Security measures for systems that require minimal security.
Advanced level
Security measures that provide higher security, but are more complex, or take longer to implement. Organizations with strict security policies should adhere to this level. Advanced includes all basic level security measures.

To help you improve your system security and identify areas of concern, the Security score widget rates your adherence to the Security Center Hardening Guide.