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Windows Security Hardening & Monitoring Lab

A practical security-hardening and monitoring project for Windows endpoints and servers.

Security Lab Documentation Muhammad Huzefa Hands-on / Lab Documentation

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Project Overview

The project focuses on foundational hardening controls and repeatable monitoring scenarios, with an investigation workflow that moves from alert validation through remediation and documentation.

HardeningLeast privilege · Defender · Firewall · BitLocker

IdentityPassword and account policy

MonitoringEvent logs · failed logons · lockouts · service failures

ResponseValidate → Scope → Contain → Remediate

EvidenceBefore/after configuration and investigation notes

Project Scope

Least privilege
Local administrator control
Password and account policies
Windows Defender configuration
Windows Firewall
BitLocker
Secure RDP practices
Audit policies
Event log review
Patch and update hygiene
Failed logon, lockout, service and disk-space scenarios

Architecture / Workflow

Alert → Validate → Scope → Contain → Remediate → Document

Skills Demonstrated

Windows SecurityGroup PolicyBitLockerMicrosoft DefenderEvent LogsSecurity Monitoring

Evidence & Scope Note

The repository recommends before/after notes and event-log investigation screenshots as evidence from the actual lab environment.

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