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Windows System Hardening with Group Policy & Active Directory

Part of Cyber Defense Analyst Training Series · Cyber Defense Forensics Analyst Training Series · Cyber Defense Incident Responder · System Administration Training Series · Technical Support Specialist Training Series · Vulnerability Assessment Analyst Topic: Cyber Security Labs

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What you'll do

In this hands-on lab, students will learn how to strengthen and manage a Windows domain environment using Active Directory and Group Policy.

They will configure a DNS server to support domain services, join computers and users to the domain, and perform common user management tasks within Active Directory.
Students will also create and modify Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to enforce security settings and system configurations, gaining practical experience with essential Windows system hardening and enterprise…

⏱ About 2 h
Counts towards: CompTIA CySA+ (exam CS0-004)

Roadmaps that use this lab

CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) — step 4: Vulnerability management
CompTIA CySA+ (CS0-004) — step 5: Incident response
SOC Analyst — career path — step 6: Analyst certification
Threat Hunter — career path — step 3: The analyst certification
Digital Forensics Analyst — career path — step 5: Incident response, certified
Digital Forensics Analyst — career path — step 6: Casework, end to end
Threat Intelligence Analyst — career path — step 2: SOC grounding, certified
Security Administrator — career path — step 5: Administer Windows securely