Top 7 PowerShell Hardening Projects

windows_hardening

14 2,153 7.4 PowerShell

HardeningKitty and Windows Hardening settings and configurations
HardeningKitty

14 1,133 2.9 PowerShell

HardeningKitty - Checks and hardens your Windows configuration

Project mention: If You Had To Create All IT Policies From Scratch | /r/sysadmin | 2023-06-29

Also Hardening-Kitty. https://github.com/scipag/HardeningKitty

WorkOS

workos.com sponsored

The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.
Windows-Optimize-Harden-Debloat

1 1,010 7.6 PowerShell

Enhance the security and privacy of your Windows 10 and Windows 11 deployments with our fully optimized, hardened, and debloated script. Adhere to industry best practices and Department of Defense STIG/SRG requirements for optimal performance and security.
private-secure-windows

7 153 3.5 PowerShell

Privacy and security baseline for personal Windows 10 and Windows 11

Project mention: Private and Secure Windows | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-21

Standalone-Windows-Server-STIG-Script

1 56 6.2 PowerShell

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.
ExploitProtection

2 50 9.7 PowerShell

Windows Exploit Protection Settings (Ultimate)

Project mention: Windows Exploit Protection Manager | /r/Windows10 | 2023-10-10

CVE-2023-36884-Checker

1 14 5.1 PowerShell

Script to check for CVE-2023-36884 hardening

Project mention: Scripts pour vérifier si les mitigations de la CVE-2023-36884 (zero-day office) sont en place | /r/Sysadmin_Fr | 2023-07-19

InfluxDB

www.influxdata.com sponsored

Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

PowerShell Hardening related posts

Private and Secure Windows
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 21 Nov 2023
CIS benchmark Windows Server 2022
1 project | /r/sysadmin | 30 Apr 2023
I don't know to use Windows group policies!
1 project | /r/PrivacyGuides | 23 Apr 2023
Enabling Services on Windows 10 to Improve System Security
1 project | /r/techsupport | 30 Mar 2023
Help!! Is there a Scanning tool that helps scan the whole Windows Build Image?
1 project | /r/cybersecurity | 25 Nov 2022
Any firewall has a solution to this 2020 problem?
3 projects | /r/cybersecurity | 13 Nov 2022
Privacy and security baseline for personal Windows 10 and Windows 11
1 project | /r/privacy | 7 Oct 2022
A note from our sponsor - WorkOS
workos.com | 24 Apr 2024

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Hardening projects in PowerShell? This list will help you:

	Project	Stars
1	windows_hardening	2,153
2	HardeningKitty	1,133
3	Windows-Optimize-Harden-Debloat	1,010
4	private-secure-windows	153
5	Standalone-Windows-Server-STIG-Script	56
6	ExploitProtection	50
7	CVE-2023-36884-Checker	14