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Security hardening
Servers, cloud accounts, devices and apps locked down against a recognised benchmark, with every change recorded.
Most systems ship with settings chosen for convenience, not safety. With your written authorisation, we check servers, cloud accounts, laptops and applications against recognised benchmarks such as the CIS Benchmarks, then close what is open: unused ports and services, broad permissions, missing updates, weak sign-in and absent logging. Each change is tested so the systems your business relies on keep working.
What you get
- A baseline scan of servers, cloud accounts and devices against CIS Benchmarks
- Unused ports, services, accounts and API keys removed or disabled
- Multi-factor authentication and least-privilege roles enforced for admins
- Operating system and software patching set to run on a schedule
- Disk encryption, host firewall rules and modern TLS settings applied
- Central logging and alerts for failed sign-ins and configuration changes
- A before-and-after report listing every change and any exceptions you accepted
How it works
- 01
Baseline
With written authorisation, we scan and review configurations to record exactly where each system stands today.
- 02
Plan
Each fix is rated by risk and impact on users, and we agree change windows and exceptions with your team.
- 03
Harden
Changes are applied in stages, starting with test systems, and checked so applications and staff keep working.
- 04
Verify
A second scan confirms each fix, and the settings are captured as code or policy so they do not drift back.
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Questions
Will hardening break our applications?
It can if done blindly, which is why we test each change on non-production systems first, apply fixes in stages and keep a rollback for each. Where a setting would break something you need, we record it as an exception with a compensating control.
How is this different from a penetration test?
A penetration test looks for ways in. Hardening closes them, along with weak settings a test may never reach. It often makes sense to harden first and then test to confirm the result, or to test first and harden to fix what was found.
How do we stop settings drifting back?
We capture the hardened configuration as infrastructure code, Group Policy, device management profiles or cloud policies, and set up alerts when a protected setting changes. Periodic rescans show whether anything has slipped.