https://sanidhya.tech/tags/blue-team/Recent content in Blue-Team on Sanidhya SoniHugoen-usSat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sanidhya.tech/posts/guides/os-hardening-linux-windows/Sat, 05 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sanidhya.tech/posts/guides/os-hardening-linux-windows/<p><strong>By Sanidhya Soni</strong> | <em>September 05, 2026</em></p> <p>Hardening a machine is mostly subtraction. You switch off what you&rsquo;re not using or don&rsquo;t need, reducing the attack surface for an adversary.</p> <p>This guide covers both Linux and Windows.</p> <p>One thing up front: none of this makes you &ldquo;compliant&rdquo; with anything by itself. If you need that, measure against a real baseline — the <a href="https://www.cisecurity.org/cis-benchmarks">CIS Benchmarks</a> or a <a href="https://public.cyber.mil/stigs/">DISA STIG</a> — instead of a checklist some blog threw together. This one included.</p>