Server Hardening
We harden your Windows and Linux servers to a strong, tested baseline, cutting away the unused services, weak settings and excess access that give attackers room to work.
We strip your servers back to a secure baseline
Servers accumulate risk over time as services pile up and settings drift. We harden your Windows and Linux systems against CIS Benchmarks, removing what you do not need and locking down what you do.
Attack Surface
Unused services, open ports and default features that give attackers extra ways in.
Accounts & Access
Excess privileges, stale accounts and weak authentication across your systems.
Secure Configuration
Weak defaults in the OS, services and protocols that quietly undermine security.
Patch Management
Missing updates and unpatched software that leave known flaws wide open.
Logging & Audit
Poor logging and audit settings that let intrusions go unseen and untraceable.
Endpoint Defences
Firewall rules, hardening controls and protections tuned to the server’s role.
Every Extra Service Is Another Way In.
A freshly installed server ships with far more turned on than most workloads ever need. Default accounts, chatty services, legacy protocols and permissive settings all sit there waiting, and each one is a foothold an attacker can try. Over months of change and quick fixes, that surface only grows. Hardening reverses it, taking the system back to what it actually needs to run.
Our team hardens your Windows and Linux servers against CIS Benchmarks and vendor guidance, tuned to the role each system plays. We cut the attack surface, tighten accounts and configuration, sort out logging and firewalling, and put patch discipline in place. You get servers that are smaller targets and easier to defend, with documentation your team can reuse on the next build.
Standards and Frameworks We Harden To
- We build to the CIS Benchmarks for Windows Server, and for Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Debian.
- Hardening aligns to DISA STIGs and the NIST Cybersecurity Framework, giving you a baseline recognised well beyond your own walls.
- Controls map to ISO 27001 where you need them to, so a hardened server also stands as evidence toward your compliance goals.
Aligned to the frameworks that matter
Our testing follows the methodologies that set the global standard for application security.