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Glossary: Hardening, Firewalls and Intrusion Detection

Benchmark

Also written: benchmarks, CIS Benchmarks, hardening guide

A published hardening guide that lists the secure settings for a type of system, such as the CIS Benchmarks. Alex follows one to harden SSH on the order server.

Where the book teaches it

Related terms

HardeningSecure baselineCIS (Center for Internet Security)