private-secure-windows
Privacy and security baseline for personal Windows 10 and Windows 11 (by troennes)
Harden-Windows-Security
Harden Windows Safely, Securely using Official Supported Microsoft methods and proper explanation | Always up-to-date and works with the latest build of Windows | Provides tools and Guides for Personal, Enterprise, Government and Military security levels | Read The Rationale https://github.com/HotCakeX/Harden-Windows-Security/blob/main/Rationale.md (by HotCakeX)
| private-secure-windows | Harden-Windows-Security | |
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| 7 | 10 | |
| 156 | 1,161 | |
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| 3.5 | 9.9 | |
| 7 months ago | 6 days ago | |
| PowerShell | PowerShell | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
private-secure-windows
Posts with mentions or reviews of private-secure-windows.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-19.
- Private and Secure Windows
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I don't know to use Windows group policies!
It`s better to use a baseline someone else made. Try only enabling the privacy ones from this one? https://github.com/troennes/private-secure-windows
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Looking for Guide(s) for Increasing Windows 11 Security & Privacy.
This GPO baseline is good https://github.com/troennes/private-secure-windows
- Privacy and security baseline for personal Windows 10 and Windows 11
Harden-Windows-Security
Posts with mentions or reviews of Harden-Windows-Security.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects.
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BitLocker, TPM and Pluton | What Are They and How Do They Work
We learned how important it is to use BitLocker and protect our data at rest. The Harden Windows Security repository employs BitLocker to encrypt the operation system drive and optionally any other drives that user chooses to. It utilizes the most secure configuration and military grade encryption algorithm, XTS-AES-256, TPM 2.0 and Start-up PIN.
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Clean Source principle, Azure and Privileged Access Workstations
For more of a do-it-your-self experience, check out my harden windows security repository over at GitHub.
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Comparison of security benchmarks and dangers of following them!
The benchmarks omit many new security features that the Harden Windows Security script implements.
- Created total BYOVD Kernel-level protection for Windows using Windows Defender Application Control
- WDAC policy for BYOVD Kernel mode only protection
- Created total BYOVD Kernel-level protection for Windows using Windows Defender Application Control and WDACConfig module
- Top Security Windows Configuration | Whitelist every single file and app in Windows easily 💯
- Windows Security Hardening Guide
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Harden Windows Security the right way | Only with official supported well-documented methods | without breaking anything
Hi, made this GitHub repository for me at first, but then decided to work on the style to be suitable for public consumption. let me know if you have any question that I haven't already covered in the GitHub repo (including the Wiki), for code related questions please open a GitHub issue.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing private-secure-windows and Harden-Windows-Security you can also consider the following projects:
HardeningKitty - HardeningKitty - Checks and hardens your Windows configuration
Standalone-Windows-Server-STIG-Script - Enhance the security and compliance of your standalone Windows servers with our STIG script, specifically designed to meet DoD STIG/SRG requirements and NSACyber guidance. Achieve ultimate Windows Server protection with our easy-to-use script.
MicrosoftTeams-msinternal - This project was created from PowerShell which allows people to download the latest internal build of Microsoft Teams.
powershell-aes - A PowerShell script set to encrypt and decrypt file using AES algorithm.
Windows11_Privacy - a collection about Windows 11 privacy
ocwd - Bulk download MIT OCW course resources at one click!